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Genus: C

Calamagrostis: reed grass
Calla: water calla; wild calla
Callicladium: (moss)
Caltha: marsh marigold; cowslip
Campanula: bluebells of Scotland; harebell
Campsis: trumpet creeper; trumpet vine
Camptosorus: walking fern
Carex: sedge
Cassia: Senna
Ceanothus: New Jersey tea; red root;wild snowball
Celastrus: American bittersweet
Cephalanthus: buttonbush
Cerastium: Chickweed
Ceratostigma: hardy plumbago
Cercis: eastern redbud tree
Chamaedaphne: cassandra; leatherleaf
Chamaemelum: Chamomile
Chasmanthium: northern sea oats
Cheilanthes: hairy lipfern
Chelone: Lyon's turtlehead; turtle-head
Chionanthus: fringetree
Chrysanthemum: ox-eye daisy; white daisy
Chrysogonum: golden star
Chrysopsis: Golden aster
Cladonia: reindeer moss
Clethra: summersweet; sweet pepperbush
Climacium: tree moss, umbrella moss
Conradina: Cumberland rosemary
Convallaria: lily-of-the-valley; pink-flowered lily-of-the-valley
Coptis: cankerroot; goldthread
Coreopsis: tickseed; stiff coreopsis
Cornus: Asian flowering dogwood; bunchberry; flowering dogwood; kousa dogwood; pagoda dogwood; alternate-leaved dogwood
Cymbopogon: citronella grass; lemon grass
Cyperus: umbrella sedge
Cystopteris: brittle fern; fragile fern

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Cassia

(Leguminosae - bean family)

More than 500 spp of trees, shrubs and perennial herbs. A number of spp. are medicinal, yielding senna and tanbark. Generally found in the Tropics with very showy flowers.

marilandica

peren • ht 6' • zones 4-9

wild senna

new, native, sun
south-eastern U.S.

Fast growing perennial with rounded, shrub appearance. Leaves are gracefully arranged along branches in a drooping, almost feathery fashion reminiscent of a locust. 1” jazzy yellow flowers bloom along center stalk in late summer giving way to 4” black, pea-like seed pods in fall. Grows in moist open areas along streams. Tolerates heat and humidity. Host plant for silver spotted skipper butterfly (Epargyreus clarus), cloudless sulphur (Phoebus sennae), little sulphur (Eurema lisa) and sleepy orange (E. nicippe) butterflies. Attracts hummingbirds and bees. No serious disease or insect problems. Powdered leaves can be used as a laxative like its tropical cousins.

cat # 5D3P
$7.95 each / 3+, $7.50 ea