Fire bush

Senna planitiicola is a spreading, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1.5 m (7.9 in – 4 ft 11.1 in). Its leaves are pinnate, 80–120 mm (3.1–4.7 in) long including a petiole 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) long, with five to twelve pairs of linear to elliptic leaflets, 30–60 mm (1.2–2.4 in) long and 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) wide, spaced 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) apart. There are no glands on the leaves. The flowers are yellow and arranged in groups of twenty to sixty on the ends of branches and in upper leaf axils on a peduncle 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long. The petals are about 15 mm (0.59 in) long and there are seven fertile stamens, the longest anthers about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and the others 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long, as well as three staminodes. Flowering occurs in from July to December, and the fruit is a straight pod 35–70 mm (1.4–2.8 in) long and 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) wide.

Senna pleurocarpa grows in arid areas of the Northern Territory and all mainland states of Australia, apart from Victoria. Variety angustifolia is widespread in Western Australia, where it grows in subtropical to temperate, semi-arid areas of that state, var. longifolia only occurs in central-western Queensland, and subspecies pleurocarpa occurs in the Northern Territory and in all mainland states except Victoria and grows in semiarid areas, especially in disturbed sites. In New South Wales, var. pleurocarpa grows in inland areas north from Milparinka and near Tibooburra.

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