Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba) and South Florida.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 617-619, with illustrations) for pinelands, coastal dunes, and disturbed areas nearly throughouth the Archipelago (regions 10-3, 1).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Cassia chapmanii, Senna chapmanii; Cassia bahamensis of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not Mill.
