Sesbania herbacea
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
Photo credit: Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center at The University of Texas at Austin
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
Fabaceae
alternate
petiolate
compound, dissected, even-pinnate
shrub
yellow
July - November
1.2 - 4.0
No
Unarmed
native
annual
Warm season
FACW
2
0
The best way to differentiate between Sesbania herbacea, Sesbania drummondii, and Glottidium vesicarium is the morphology of the fruit. Sesbania herbacea has round, very long and narrow fruit, Glottidium vesicarium has short, flattened, fruit, and S. drummondii (and S. punicea) has short, square fruit. Flowers yellow mottled with purple. Seedling identification: Cotyledons (seed leaves) lance- to spoon-shaped. First true leaf is simple. Older leaves numerous, oblong, with oblong leaflets.
Infrequent, sometimes locally abundant, in Louisiana and the eastern third of Texas. A weed in disturbed areas and agricultural fields.
Ditches, fields and waste places, alluvial soil.