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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza hirta +   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Lespedeza hirta +

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-012:

Lespedeza hirta   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lespedeza hirta

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza


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JK Marlow    jkm190416_7456

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm200422_4035

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm200525_5195

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm060603_020

June    Pickens County    SC

Field

Petioles of middle leaves 1-1.5cm, those of upper leaves short to none, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm060603_032

June    Pickens County    SC

Field

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm190726_0278

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Racemes on often-elongate peduncles equaling or longer than subtending leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm160816_004

August    Oconee County    SC

Leaflets 1.3-1.8 x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm190825_0918

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Hairy calyx lobes much longer than the petals, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm060903_083

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Unlike most Lespedeza species, its flower clusters are widely scattered, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm060903_089

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

This species has the widest leaflets of any others in the genus, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm060903_095b

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

The standard 6-8mm long and bearing a purplish spot, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm0510d_23b

October    Pickens County    SC

Field

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm111029_082

October    Pickens County    SC

Legume 5-8mm long, shorter than the lobes of the long calyx, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Lespedeza hirta +, Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm161001_060

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza hirta +   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-012:
Lespedeza hirta   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lespedeza hirta

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

808

Forb
Perennial

Look for it . Var. hirta is found in woodlands and woodland borders, whereas var. curtissii is found in sandhills and dry-to-moist savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common, uncommon, or rare - depending on variety & region

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate
Stipules are persistent.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish-white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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