Danglepod

Sesbania herbacea

Summary 6

Sesbania herbacea (syn. Sesbania exaltata) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names coffeeweed, Colorado River hemp, and bigpod sesbania. It is native to the United States, particularly the southeastern states, where it grows in moist habitat. It can be found elsewhere as an introduced species. It is a woody herb growing to 3 meters or more in height. The leaves are made up of many pairs of oblong...

National distribution 7

Canada
Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States
Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Josh*m, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/gravitywave/1419040234/
  2. (c) "<a href=""http://nt.ars-grin.gov/"">ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory</a>. Australia, Canberra.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=sehe8_001_ahp.tif
  3. (c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=sema9_001_avd.tif
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  5. (c) Matthew Herron, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matthew Herron
  6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesbania_herbacea
  7. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29019300

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