Sesbania herbacea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh

Bigpod sesbania

2018 Meg Devine

2009 Barry Rice

2010 Dean Kelch

2001 CDFA

Sesbania herbacea is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

also called Sesbania exaltata


	Plant Range Observation Search ~52 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Sesbania
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Communities: Alkali Sink, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Aeschynomene emerus
PLANTS	Darwinia exaltata
PLANTS	Sesban emerus
PLANTS	Sesban exaltatus
JEF + PLANTS	Sesbania exaltata
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Information about Sesbania herbacea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (SEHE8) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).