Sesbania Pea

Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Sesbania cannabina
Description: Plant Form Spreading herb or shrub. Size Up to 3 m tall. Stem Spindly, broom like with winged edges. Leaves Compound of 12-30 oppositely arranged oblong leaflets, each up to 2 cm long. Flowers Yellow or orangish typical pea flowers, often with mottled patterning. Fruit and Seeds Narrow cylindrical slightly bent pods up to 20 cm long. Habitat Native to inland and northern parts of Australia, in seasonally flooded creek and river beds. Weed Status: Non-weedy native lookalike Weed Type: Lifeform: Herbaceous, Shrubby

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