About Buttercup Bush
Senna multiglandulosa, commonly known as glandular senna, downy senna, or buttercup bush is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and western parts of South America. It is a shrub with pinnate leaves, usually with six to eight pairs of linear to lance-shaped leaflets, and yellow flowers arranged in groups of ten to twenty, with seven fertile stamens in each flower. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant and in some areas of the world has become naturalized.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Senna multiglandulosa
- Genus
- Senna
- Family
- CAESALPINIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Introduced with conspicuous shrub with showy yellow flowers
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)

Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Buttercup Bush belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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