Senna italica (100 seeds)

Senna italica (100 seeds)

Common name: Eland’s Pea

Prostrate or ascending perennial herb or small shrub, up to 60 cm high, growing from a woody base. Leaves paripinnate with 4-8 pairs of leaflets and a small reddish gland between each leaflet pair on the rhachis; leaflets obovate with a somewhat asymmetric base, up to 3.5 × 2 cm, the ultimate pair largest, slightly pubescent or hairless above, more densely hairy on the margin and midrib below; apex often mucronate. Inflorescences axillary, many-flowered, 7-26 cm long. Flowers yellow to orange.

Sowing instructions: Sow seeds in summer in a well drained medium.

Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: January 2024