Senna Species, Twin-Leaf Senna, Two-Leaf Senna

This Senna is all over our yard in Canyon Lake Texas and adds gorgeous bright gold color. It started blooming a bit in May and by the en...Read Mored of July was popping color everywhere. It is a nice addition to yards without livestock. We DO have deer but they seem to be eating other things.

We are having a serious drought in South Texas currently. Due to this, wildlife eat many things that they normally would not. We have twi...Read Moren leaf senna growing wild in places on our ranch and as a result we have lost several prize black buck antelope and white tail deer. This plant is bad news and should never be planted intentionally.

I have property in the Menard, Tx. area and raise goats. I am trying to find out how to best eradicate the Twin Leaf Senna. I have lost...Read More a lot of livestock to this plant and it is widespread on about 150 acres. If anyone knows how to poison this plant please contact me. Thanks

This is a native Texas wildflower whose natural habitat is poor, dry, limestone soil. It will grow in a garden, as long as the soil is we...Read Morell-drained. Give it a little extra water, cut it back and it will bloom into the fall.

The about 1½ inches across blooms are ruffled looking and its petals of Two-leaved Senna are usually marked with brown veins. The flowers appear in clusters of two to six at the ends of the stems. The leaves are divided into two leaflets, each about two to three inches in length. It comes up readily from seeds, so be sure to allow a few seedpods to mature.

As a bonus, it is a butterfly larvae food for tailed oranges, orange sulphurs and statira sulphurs.

CAUTION: It is poisonous to cattle, goats and horses. The symptoms include diarrhea, dark urine, weakness and death. It causes muscle degeneration.