Twin-leaf Desert Senna
Old Flowers
Twin-leaf Desert Senna
Drying Pods
| Twin-leaf Desert Senna Old Flowers | | Twin-leaf Desert Senna Drying Pods | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Shrubs & Bushes | |||
| Order: | Fabales | ||||
| Family: | Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) | ||||
| Species: | Twin-leaf Desert Senna (Senna artemisioides ssp zygophylla) | ||||
| This Photo: | Green Pod | ||||
| Other name: | Punty Bush | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee), and elsewhere Very similar to the Senna artemisioides ssp filifolia, but the leaves are not cylindrical; even though they look it from one side. They are heavily curved, like a new moon in cross section. The photo's tell the story easier than it is to describe them. The leaves are also shorter, which reduces the spiky appearance. Oops, forgot to mention; they also regularly have 4 leaflets, not the 2 of filifolia. | |||||
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