Scientific Name:Sesbania herbacea
Common Name: Bigpod Sesbania
Also Called: Big-pod Sesbania, Big-podded Sesbania, Coffee Bean, Coffeeweed, Colorado River Hemp, Colorado River-hemp, Danglepod, Egyptian River-hemp, Hemp Sesbania, Long-pod Sesban, Long-pod Sesbania, Long-podded Sesban, Peatree, Sesbania, Tall Indigo, Wild Hempsesbania, Wild Hemp-sesbania (Spanish: Baiquillo, Baiguiyo)
Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae Family
Synonyms: (Aeschynomene emerusmm, Darwinia exaltata, Sesban emerus, Sesbania emerus, Sesban exaltatus, Sesbania exaltata, Sesbania macrocarpa, Sesbania sesban)
Status: Native and also introduced.
Size: 3 to 9 feet (.91-2.7 m) or so.
Growth Form: forb/herb, Subshrub; semi-woody, stems glabrous branches freely wide-spread.
Leaves: Green, bright green; large leaves up to 1 foot (.3 m) long, pinnatelycompound, leaflets, oblong.
Flower Color: Yellow or yellow-orange with flecks of purple or brown; pea-like flower, 2 to 6 bell shaped flowers; fruit is a linearpod.
Flowering Season: March or April and later, to October across it’s wide geographic range.
Elevation: Up to 1,500 feet (457 m) or higher.
Habitat Preferences: Around irrigation ditches, moist habitats and year-round streams; alluvial soils.
Recorded Range: South central United States and southwest states; AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NY, OK, PA, TN, TX and VA. Although listed as a native in North America, Bigpod Sesbania is possibly native only the southeastern states where moisture is abundant and introduced elsewhere. Also native throughout Mexico.
From Wikipedia
Sesbania herbacea (syn. Sesbania exaltata) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names bigpod sesbania,[1] Colorado River-hemp,[2] 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.
