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Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh
bigpod sesbania

   
Symbol: SEHE8
Group: Dicot
Family: Fabaceae
Duration: Annual
Perennial
Growth Habit: Subshrub
Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    W



   
Other common names:
  sesbania
  Colorado River hemp
  hemp sesbania
  peatree
Photograph of Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh
©Larry Allain. USGS NWRC.
 
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Synonyms:
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

  DAEX4 Darwinia exaltata Raf.  
  SEEX3 Sesban exaltatus (Raf.) Rydb.  
  SEEX Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Rydb. ex A.W. Hill   sesbania, Colorado River hemp, hemp sesbania, peatree
  SEMA9 Sesbania macrocarpa Muhl. ex Raf.  
 

Distribution by State:
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

Distributional Map for Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh
Distribution Map Legend

Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh distribution:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA), CAN (ON)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MO, MS, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA

 

Related Taxa:
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

236 genera in Fabaceae, 17 species in Sesbania
 

Classification:
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Rosidae
Order   Fabales
Family   Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus   Sesbania Scop. – riverhemp
Species   Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh – bigpod sesbania
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Arkansas:
Sesbania exaltata
tall indigo, coffee bean Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

Sesbania exaltata
bigpod sesbania
hemp sesbania

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
KY Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
SWSS Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

Sesbania exaltata:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW FAC FACW- FACW- NO FACW FACW- FACW NO NO FAC NO NO NO

 

Integrated Taxonomic Information Sytem (ITIS) :
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507837.

 

 

 

 
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