Sesbania herbacea (P. Miller) McVaugh. Common name: Sesban, Coffee-weed, Indigo-weed, Peatree, Bequilla. 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. NC south to s. FL, west on the Coastal Plain and Mississippi Embayment to TX, south into Mexico, but expanding its distribution northwards.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA11.1, 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; Emerus herbacea P. Miller. Basionym: Emerus herbacea Mill. 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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