Botanical Name:   Cassia bicapsularis

Common Names:    Christmas Cassia

Plant type:   shrub

Host for:   Host plant for Sleepy Orange, Cloudless Sulphur, and Orange-barred Sulphur.

Zone:   8a to 11

Light:   Full sun

Size:   Up to 12' tall

Water:   Average water needs

Soil:   Average garden soil

Propagation:   cuttings

Bloom:   yellow

Note:   nge-barred Sulphur.

Note: All parts of plant are posionous.

Note: Caterpillars are green when they eat leaves. In the fall when the yellow flowers and flower buds appear, caterpillars which eat the blooms and buds will be yellow.

Butterfly Bloom Attractant:   5




Butterfly Attractant Scale:    0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.

These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.