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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lespedeza thunbergii   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza thunbergii   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Lespedeza thunbergii

 

COMMON NAME:
Thunberg's Lespedeza, Thunberg's Bush-clover


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image of Lespedeza thunbergii, Thunberg's Lespedeza, Thunberg's Bush-clover

James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_5421996

June        

Leaflets 2-3x long as wide (vs. 1.5-2x in L. bicolor), per Weakley's Flora (2012).


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image of Lespedeza thunbergii, Thunberg's Lespedeza, Thunberg's Bush-clover

James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_5421997

June        

Stems purplish when young, many per crown (vs. 1-several in L. bicolor), per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Lespedeza thunbergii, Thunberg's Lespedeza, Thunberg's Bush-clover

James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_5421998

June        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lespedeza thunbergii   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza thunbergii   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lespedeza thunbergii

 

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2940

Subshrub
Perennial

Habitat: ‘Wildlife food plots’, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Rare

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules are persistent.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish/ Light violet ?
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Legume

 

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