Coffee senna, Septicweed
Senna occidentalis
Fabaceae


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Larval host plant for cloudless sulpher (Phoebis sennae eubule), sleepy orange (Eurema nicippe) and the introduced orange-barred sulpher (Phoebis philea) butterflies.
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See a 2018 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on Coffee senna's historical applications.


Shirley Denton