Sesbania herbacea
(Bigpod Sesbania)
Sesbania herbacea, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9655
Sesbania herbacea, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9542
Sesbania herbacea, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9568
Sesbania herbacea, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9547
Sesbania herbacea, Cedar Creek Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 9544
Sesbania herbacea, Channel Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 07958
Sesbania herbacea, Channel Loop, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park, Lee Co. 07976
| Scientific Name | Sesbania herbacea (Sesbania macrocarpa) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SEHE8 |
| Common Name | Bigpod Sesbania, Coffeeweed, Peatree | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 507837 |
| Family | Fabaceae (Pea) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Moist or wet soils in sandy or disturbed sites, in fields, sand bars of streams, alluvial ground along sloughs and along roadsides. Plant: Erect annual or perennial 3 to 9+ ft. tall with a few wide-spreading, smooth branches, becoming woody in maturity. Leaves: Alternate, large compound leaves up to 1 ft. long with 30 to 70 narrowly oblong, leaflets, each 0.4 to 1.2 inches long and less than 0.1 to 0.25 inches wide. Inflorescence: Two to six yellow pea-like flowers in short racemes, each 1/2 to 3/4-inch long; yellow petals may be mottled with purple or brown specks. Bloom Period: August to October. Fruit: Linear, smooth, two-sided pods up to 8 inches long with a beak 0.2 to 0.4 inches long at the tip; the pod is not winged. References: "Shinners & Mahler’s Flora of North Central Texas" by Diggs, Lipscomb and O’Kennon, Southwest Desert Flora and SEINet; and S. macrocarpa in "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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