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Easter Cassia
Senna pendula var. glabrata
Easter Cassia
DESCRIPTION
Open shrub or small tree 2-4m tall. Each leaf composed of three to six pairs of light green leaflets 1-5cm long by 5-20mm wide with a yellowish margin and rounded tips.
FLOWERS AND FRUIT
Bright five-petalled 3cm wide yellow flowers on stalks 20-30mm long, clustered at the branch ends, are found mainly during summer but also throughout the year. Pendulous, narrow rounded cylindrical pods 10-20cm long by 6-12mm wide.
HABITAT AND RANGE
A native of tropical South America, it is found locally in waterways, gardens, disturbed sites, waste areas, roadsides, closed forests, forest margins, rainforest and remnant bushland. An ornamental exotic species that spreads rapidly, it is a serious pest in southeast Queensland.
