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Senna mexicana var. chapmanii: Bahama Cassia, Bahama Senna, Chapman’s Sensitive Plant

Keighly Graves, Wendy Wilber, Tom Wichman, Claire Lewis, Gail Hansen, andRyan Klein

Release Date: 6/21/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-fp111-1999

Agriculture

Abstract

Chapman’s sensitive plant is a Florida native shrub which produces showy yellow flowers year round and has evergreen foliage. This plant is highly attractive to pollinators, and is well suited for shrub or border plantings, use as a specimen plant, used in parking lot islands, or planted in mass.

About this Publication

This document is FPS111, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 1999. Revised March 2023 and April 2026. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Gilman, E. (2007). Cassia bahamensis Bahama Cassia. EDIS, 2007(15). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fp111-1999

Authors

Keighly Graves
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horticultural science specialist, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program

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Wendy Wilber
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University of Florida

state program coordinator and Extension agent IV, UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program

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Tom Wichman
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University of Florida

Extension program manager, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program, UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency

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Claire Lewis
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University of Florida

state specialized agent II and director Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program, UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency

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Gail Hansen
Gail Hansen
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University of Florida

professor, sustainable landscape design, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences

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Ryan Klein
Ryan Klein
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University of Florida

assistant professor, arboriculture, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

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