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Yaupon Black-senna

Seymeria cassioides

In the Carolinas and Georgia, found in dry to moist pinelands, wet pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands, an obligate hemiparasite on Pinus spp. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 88%

Height
Up to about 4 feet
Light
Partial shade, Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to moist
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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle
Annual
Bloom
August to October

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 3 Arkansas counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

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Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food. 63 animals.

All wildlife of Arkansas

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Seymeria

  • Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
  • Pyrrhia aurantiagoOrange Sallow, False Foxglove Sun Moth
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
10BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Seymeria

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Orobanchaceae
Flower color
Red or yellow
Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Yaupon Black senna

Conservation status

Arkansas rankS1
Global rankG5
AR statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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