Plants Profile for Sesbania punicea (rattlebox)

General Information
Symbol:	SEPU7
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Erica Asai. United States, FL, Columbia Co, Osceola National Forest. April 9, 2007. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
DAPU8	Daubentonia punicea (Cav.) DC.
SETR10	Sesbania tripetii (Poit.) hort. ex Hubb.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family
Genus	Sesbania Scop. – riverhemp
Species	Sesbania punicea (Cav.) Benth. – rattlebox

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Sesbania punicea rattelbox This plant 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. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
Cal-IPC	California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
FLEPPC	Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FACW
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FACW
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACW