-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies (Order Fabales)

-Legumes (Family Fabaceae)

-Subfamily Faboideae

-Tribe Cassieae

-Subtribe Cassiinae

-Sennas (Genus Senna)

-Candelabra Bush (Senna uniflora)

Yellow flowers are solitary or borne in small clusters, giving the plant its specific epithet uniflora (meaning "one-flowered"). Produces slender, flat, legume pods, typically 2–5 cm long. The pods contain small, brown seeds and dehisce (split open) upon maturity.