Senna hebecarpa (American Senna)

grows 5 ft. tall

grows in part shade to full sun

prefers medium to medium-wet soils

blooms yellow from July-August

natural habitat: river banks, floodplains and moist shores, open forests or savannas

host plant for various Sulphur butterflies

deer resistant

companion plants: Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass), Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed), Eutrochium fistulosum (Joe-Pye Weed), Filipendula rubra (Queen of the Prairie), Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master), Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot), Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Verbena hastata (American Blue Vervain)