OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza stuevei   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Lespedeza stuevei

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-007:

Lespedeza stuevei   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lespedeza stuvei

 

COMMON NAME:
Velvety Lespedeza, Stueve's Bush-clover, Tall Lespedeza


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image of Lespedeza stuevei, Velvety Lespedeza, Stueve's Bush-clover, Tall Lespedeza

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lest5_001_lvd

        

image of Lespedeza stuevei, Velvety Lespedeza, Stueve's Bush-clover, Tall Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm091107_023

November    Greenwood County    SC

Roadside

Stem and leaves densely covered with short, soft, spreading hairs, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Lespedeza stuevei, Velvety Lespedeza, Stueve's Bush-clover, Tall Lespedeza

JK Marlow    jkm091107_023b

November    Greenwood County    SC

Roadside

Calyx lobes shorter than fruit; legumes elliptic to ovate, notably reticulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza stuevei   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-007:
Lespedeza stuevei   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lespedeza stuvei

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2671

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains, uncommon in GA Piedmont)

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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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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