Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Sesbania herbacea
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh
Coffeeweed, Bigpod Sesbania
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: SEHE8USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (W)
Specimen & Label Data
Sesbania macrocarpa
Coffee-Bean
Fabaceae
Location: 2 km N of Loop 1604, on E side of Blanco Rd.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Semi-shade. Alkaline, rocky, limestone soil. Small colony.
Description: Hardy annual, about 1 m tall. Branches few, ascending. Leaves to 30 cm long; leaflets 50-70, 1-3 cm x 2-6 cm. Peduncle 3 cm long. Flowers yellow, in dangling axillary racemes, yellow, papillonaceous, 11-16 mm long. Legume oblong, about 50 mm long, 1.5 mm wide.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 14, 1992
Specimen number: 478
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0724
Accession Date: Apr 26, 1994
Accession Number: 53
Annotations: (in flower and fruit)
SCFRB