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| habit and habitat--Sesbania herbacea is a rather large annual that prefers to live along rivers and streams | leaf--what leaf complexity is present here? |
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| fruits (legumes)--compare these fruits with the fruits of Sesbania drummondii (they are very different looking) | legumes closeup--can you see the individual seeds? |
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| flowers in late Spring--which subfamily of Fabaceae does this species belong to? Mimosoideae, Caesalpinioideae, or Papilionoideae? How do you know? | flowers from the side--an inflorescence such as this, where the flowers are all attached by a pedicel to the same rachis, is called a raceme |
