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Location
May not be native
Use Location
Type
Shrubs
This perennial shrub is also known as Rattleweed, Rattlebox, Dais, and Cove Senna, growing 1 to 2 feet tall, and remaining leafless for most of the year. Its flowers are yellow with 5 rounded petals that attract bees and butterflies. It grows in full sun and moist soil, and is drought tolerant.
May Attract
Cove's Cassia is thought to attract these families of birds
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski
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