Lindheimer's Senna   Senna lindheimeriana    
Pea family — Fabaceae

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Lindheimer's senna is an erect perennial herb that can be over 4 feet tall and that blooms in the summer or, especially, the fall. It is typical of open woodlands and grasslands on limestone in the Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos, on shallow gravelly soil; it is little grazed. Like several species mentioned at this web site, its common and scientific names commemorate the "Father of Texas Botany", Ferdinand Lindheimer (1801-1879), a German immigrant who settled in New Braunfels in 1844.

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Flowering Months: June, July, August, September, October

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