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Fabaceae
Sesbania

not marked as a favorite taxon Sesbania herbacea (P. Miller) McVaugh. Common name: Sesban, Coffee-weed, Indigo-weed, Peatree, Bequilla (es), Acacie (frc). Phenology: Jul-Oct; Aug-Nov. Habitat: Ditches, wet fields, disturbed moist and wet areas, perhaps native only in the deeper South. Distribution: Native distribution uncertain, perhaps e. North Carolina south to s. Florida, west on the Coastal Plain and Mississippi Embayment to Texas, south into Mexico, but expanding its distribution northwards.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA11.1, K1, Mex, Mo3, NcTx, NE, POWO, WH3; = n/a — Pa; = Sesban macrocarpa Muhl. ex Raf. — S13; = Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory — C, F, G, Il, RAB, SE3, Tn, Isely (1998); = Sesbania macrocarpa Muhl. ex Raf. — GrPl, GW2, Tx; > Sesban emerus (Aubl.) Britton & Wilson — S; > Sesban exaltata (Raf.) Rydb. — S; ? Sesbania emerus (Aubl.) Urb.; > Sesbania emerus (Aubl.) Urb. — K4, NS; > Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory — K4, NS. Basionym: Emerus herbacea P. Miller 1768

Links to other floras: = Sesbania herbacea - FNA11.1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Sesbania herbacea© Sonnia Hill | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Sesbania herbacea© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
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