Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read Lespedeza Species in the Carolinas by Bill Stringer.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Lespedeza from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lespedeza thunbergii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza thunbergii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Thunberg's Lespedeza
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Look for it in "wildlife food plots," on roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Subshrub
Perennial
Non-native: east Asia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Rare
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- US Forest Service Southern Research Station
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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