Sesbania
Sesbania tomentosa Hook. & Arn.
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Perennial, Shrubs, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Stems hairs pilose or spreading, Stems silvery, canescent, tomentose, cobwebby, or wooly, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves even pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Stipels present at base of leaflets, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Flowers i n axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Bracteoles present, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals reddish brown, maroon, Petals orange or yellow, Petals bicolored or with red, purple or yellow streaks or spots, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel petals auriculate, spurred, or gibbous, Keel abruptly curved, or spirally coiled, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit tardily or weakly dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit or valves persistent on stem, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit compressed between seeds, Fruit beaked, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seeds ov oid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
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Leaflets densely to sparsely silky strigose, sometimes glabrate or even glabrous; corolla 23-45 mm long, salmon tinged with yellow, orangish red, or scarlet rarely pure yellow; calyx 7-12(-15) mm long; seeds (4-)6-27 per pod. Necker, Nihoa, and main Hawaiian Islands. (Geesink, Wagner, and Herbst in Wagner et al., 1990)
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Isotype for Sesbania hawaiiensis O. Deg. & Sherff
Catalog Number: US 3116349
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): O. Degener & Piccos
Year Collected: 1968
Locality: Kalae or South Point, Kau Desert, Hawaii, Hawai`i, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
Elevation (m): 30 to 30
- Isotype: Degener, O. & Sherff, E. E. 1978. Phytologia. 39: 159.
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Comments: Dry shrublands or (rarely) dry forests. Often coastal, less often inland. Found on calcareous beaches and sand dunes, rocky ridges and slopes, deep red soil, and on soil pockets on lava. Basaltic and calcareous substrates.
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Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.
Estimated Number of Occurrences: 21 - 80
Comments: In Hawaii, approximately 27 populations and 23 historical records.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
Rounded Global Status Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Reasons: Recorded from all of the main Hawaiian Islands in addition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Nihoa and Necker. Although originally widely distributed throughout the Hawaiian Islands, the species has declined and now exists only in relictual populations. The total number of naturally occurring individuals is believed be under 4,000. This species has been affected by the host of factors that have led to the decline of most dry lowland habitats and their native plant species: developement, agriculture, alien plants and animals, and fire. While reportedly present as an escape from cultivation in Puerto Rico and other tropical areas, these plants are not considered to be significant to the species' conservation.
Current Listing Status Summary
Status: Endangered
Date Listed: 11/10/1994
Lead Region: Pacific Region (Region 1)
Where Listed:
Population detail:
Listing status: E
For most current information and documents related to the conservation status and management of Sesbania tomentosa, see its USFWS Species Profile