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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sesbania drummondii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sesbania drummondii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Daubentonia drummondii
COMMON NAME:
Rattlebox, Poison-bean, Siene Bean
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sesbania drummondii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sesbania drummondii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sesbania drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Daubentonia drummondii
4876
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, spoil, marsh edges, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Gulf Coast
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Even-pinnately compound: 12-40 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Yellowish or tan
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p553
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p324
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