OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales




PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza ×nuttallii [hirta × violacea]   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-010:

Lespedeza nuttallii   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
lespedeza hybrid


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image of Lespedeza ×nuttallii, lespedeza hybrid

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lenu_001_lvd

        

 

 


PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza ×nuttallii [hirta × violacea]   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-010:
Lespedeza nuttallii   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3265

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

LEAVES:
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

Inflorescence a spikelike raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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