Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Senna barclayana
Common name
Smooth Senna, Pepper-leaf Senna
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, grassy areas, and roadsides. Sydney area and west to Cowra. Western Slopes.
Notes
Shrub or perennial herb to 1.5 m high. Stems longitudinally ribbed, initially hairy, becoming hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 8–12 cm long, compound, with 8-20 leaflets, the largest 2-5 cm long, 4–9 mm wide, spaced 10-15 mm apart, surfaces hairless, tips pointed. A large, flat, reddish gland at the base of the leaf stalk. Flowers yellow, with 5 petals each 8-12 mm long. Flowers single or in few-flowered clusters. Flowers summer.
Family was Caesalpiniaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Senna~barclayana (accessed 7 February, 2021)
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