Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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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)