Fabaceae
Wand riverhemp
Sesbania virgata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Sesbania
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Sesbania virgataFabaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Wand riverhemp
Synonyms
- Aeschynomene virgata Cav.
- Agati virgata Desv.
- Coronilla virgata (Cav.) Willd.
- Coursetia virgata (Cav.) DC.
- Daubentonia virgata (Cav.) Rydb.
- Emerus marginatus (Benth.) Lindm.
- Sesban virgata (Cav.) Poir.
- Sesbania marginata Benth.
- Sesbania tetragona Pamp.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.