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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sesbania herbacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Learn more about Sesbania from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sesbania herbacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Sesbania exaltata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sesbania macrocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-28-001:
Sesbania exaltata FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sesban exaltatus
COMMON NAME:
Bigpod Sesbania, Coffee-weed, Indigo-weed, Hemp Sesbania
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sema9_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sesbania_herbacea_3
July
Petals yellow and often streaked or spotted with purple, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_s_herbacea_3962
August Miami-Dade County FL
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Sharleen Johnson shj_476958137893028
December Charleston County SC
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area
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Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research. Bugwood.org bug_1116101
Month Unknown
Plant a robust herb, to 4m tall, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org bug_1299052
Month Unknown
Leaflets entire, narrowly oblong to linear-elliptic or linear, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Troy Evans, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Bugwood.org bug_5079045
Month Unknown
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Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org bug_5406887
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sesbania herbacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sesbania herbacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Sesbania exaltata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sesbania macrocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-28-001:
Sesbania exaltata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sesban exaltatus
1368
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Ditches, wet fields, disturbed moist and wet areas, perhaps native only in the deeper South, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare in Mountains & Piedmont, where introduced)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 20-70 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow often marked with maroon
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p035
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p143
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".