Citation: Gaudich. in DC., Prod. 2:495 (1825).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Silver cassia.

Description:
Grey-green shrub, hoary-pubescent with appressed hairs; leaflets 3-10 pairs, terete to sublinear, channelled above; glands sessile or shortly stipitate between 1-3 of the lower pairs of leaflets.

Flowers 4-6, in short racemes, sweetly scented; stamens all fertile, 1-3 lower anthers larger or on longer filaments; pod 4-8 x 0.6-1 cm, flat, oblong.

Seeds obovate, dark-greenish brown to nearly black, shining.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 377.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: in late spring to early summer, July — Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: Intermediate plants with C. nemophila and C. sturtii may be found.

Author: Not yet available