FIELD GUIDE


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Dominant Flora of the Ground Cover
in Pine Forests of the Apalachicola National Forest
Genus/Species Seymeria cassioides Common Name Black Senna
Family SCHROPHULIACEAE Acronym BLSE
Description Herbaceous plant with square, reddish stem (late in the year), leaves opposite, narrowly divided into thread-like segments; flowers small, yellow, solitary arising from stalks, Sept.-Oct.; highly branched, reaches 60 cm.

 

Last Updated: October 3, 1997