Sesbania vesicaria (Jacquin) Elliott. Common name: Bladderpod, Bagpod. Phenology: Jul-Sep; Aug-Nov. Habitat: Ditches, marshes, disturbed wet areas. Distribution: The original native distribution of S. vesicaria is uncertain; its distribution is from ne. NC south to s. FL, west to e. OK and se. TX, and Isely (1998) states that it is unknown from outside the United States; occurrences in provinces inland of the Coastal Plain seem to represent introductions into artificial wetlands (such as ditches).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, GW2, K4, Mo3, NS, POWO, Tx, WH3; = Glottidium vesicarium (Jacq.) R.M.Harper — Ar, NcTx, NS, RAB, SE3, Isely (1998); = n/a — C; > Glottidium vesicarium (Jacq.) Elliott var. atrorubrum (Nash) Small — S, S13; > Glottidium vesicarium (Jacq.) Elliott) var. vesicarium — S, S13; Robinia vesicaria Jacquin. Basionym: Robinia vesicaria Jacq. 1786
Links to other floras: = Sesbania vesicaria - FNA11.1
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Very tall and shrubby, erect annual of marshes, ditches and other disturbed wet areas.
Stems: Stems with mostly horizontal branches, light green turning woody and silky-hairy turning smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, 4-8 in. long and pinnately divided into 10-20 pairs of oblong leaflets with bluntly rounded ends bearing a short, pointy tooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in drooping spikes (4 in. long) from upper leaf axils, yellowish to orange, about 3/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the 2-lobed banner petal often with a sunburst pattern at the base.
Fruits: Fruit a flattened, usually 2-seeded pod with needle-like tip.
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Height: 6-10 ft.
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description: Very tall and shrubby, erect annual of marshes, ditches and other disturbed wet areas.
stems: Stems with mostly horizontal branches, light green turning woody and silky-hairy turning smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, 4-8 in. long and pinnately divided into 10-20 pairs of oblong leaflets with bluntly rounded ends bearing a short, pointy tooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in drooping spikes (4 in. long) from upper leaf axils, yellowish to orange, about 3/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the 2-lobed banner petal often with a sunburst pattern at the base.
fruits: Fruit a flattened, usually 2-seeded pod with needle-like tip.
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