This introduced shrub is commonly known as Easter cassia.
Senna pendula var. glabrata is described as a "dicot" in the Leguminosae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Listed as an invasive plant under the Biosecurity Act 2014 but not prohibited or restricted. As at 01/07/2016 declared as a Local Law Pest Plant for the Fraser Coast region for K'gari (Fraser Island) area only. Listed as a non-declared environmental weed elsewhere in the Fraser Coast region.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 29 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Bidwill, Booral, Burrum Heads, Burrum Town, Craignish, Duckinwilla, Dundathu, Dundowran, Dundowran Beach, Granville, Gundiah, Howard, Kawungan, K'gari, Maryborough, Pialba, Point Vernon, Poona, River Heads, Talegalla Weir, Tinana, Toogoom, Torquay, Tuan, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Urraween, Yengarie.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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