NameThatPlant.net: Lespedeza thunbergii

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

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

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.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza thunbergii FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza thunbergii FAMILY Fabaceae

2940

Subshrub
Perennial

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

Non-native: east Asia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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