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Sesbania herbacea
Also called Egyptian River-Hemp, Peatree, Hemp sesbania, Colorado Riverhemp, Colorado River Hemp, Danglepod, Pencilpod Sesbania
Bigpod sesbania is a fast-growing, woody annual or short-lived shrub in the pea family, native to the southeastern United States and tropical America, often reaching 3 m or more. It thrives in full sun and moist ground, and grows quickly from seed.
Sesbania herbacea (syn. Sesbania exaltata) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names bigpod sesbania, Colorado River-hemp, and coffeeweed. It is native to the United States, particularly the southeastern states, where it grows in moist environments. 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 leaflets. The inflorescence is a small raceme of pealike flowers with yellow or purple-spotted petals.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sesbania herbacea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
