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Coffee Senna

Cassia occidentalis

Photo by RedTopRanger
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34.1476, -84.7074

Field Notes

Description:

Pinnately Compound leaf (10 leaflets; smallest near stem)
Alternate leaf arrangement
Seed pod: up to 5 inches long and thing
2-4 Seed pods at each axil
Flowers are yellow, but I didn't have a good, complete specimen

Notes:

Plant attracts stink bugs and caterpillars (pictured)

Species ID Suggestions

Stypticweed

Senna occidentalis

Comments (3)

It appears they are caterpillars of the cloudless sulphur, specifically male, they seem to enjoy plants of that genus. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/bfly2/cloudless_sulphur.htm
Thanks, chesterbperry! Any idea about the caterpillars it seems to attract?
This is an introduced species, the seeds have been used as a substitute and filler for coffee.

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