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1 gallon pot size, seed grown! Shipped bare root but wrapped carefully.
Sleeping Plant, Partridge-pea
Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Also known as Cassia fasciculata
This is the BEST POLLINATOR PLANT! Seed grown in 1 gallon pots. Great legume for bad soils! Fixes nitrogen! Nice yellow flowers. Shipped bare root if shipping is selected.
Larval host plant for cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae), sleepy orange (Eurema nicippi) and the introduced orange-barred sulphur (Phoebis philea) butterflies.
A gland at the base of the leaves attracts ants that attack the butterfly caterpillars (IRC, 2021)
Sennas attract butterflies, solitary bees including sweat bees and bumble bees, as pollinators.
Plant Specifics
Size: 4-8 ft tall by 3-6 ft wide
Life Span: Long-lived perennial
Flower Color: Yellow
Fruit Color: Brown
Phenology: Evergreen. Flowers fall to spring or occasionally summer (most common during the dry season).
Habitats: Hammock edges, disturbed areas.
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: Specimen shrub.
Light: Full Sun
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray Tolerance: Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms).
Soil/Substrate: Sand