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Symbol: SEAL4

Group: Dicot

Family: Fabaceae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: ShrubSubshrubTree

Native Status: HI IL48 IPR IVI I

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Native Introduced Both Absent/UnreportedNative, No County Data Introduced, No County Data Both, No County Data

Native Status:L48 AK HI PR VI NAV CAN GL SPM NA

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Senna alata (L.) Roxb. emperor's candlesticks

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CAAL14 Cassia alata L.

HEAL11 Herpetica alata (L.) Raf.

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Rank Scientific Name and Common Name

Kingdom Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

Subclass Rosidae

Order Fabales

Family Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family

Genus Senna Mill. – senna

Species Senna alata (L.) Roxb. – emperor's candlesticks

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