Nearctica - Eastern Wildflowers - Fabaceae - Slender Bush Clover (Lespedeza virginica)

Slender Bush Clover

(Lespedeza virginica)

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Lespedeza intermedia

Slender Bush Clover is similar to Wandlike Bush Clover and Stueve's Bush Clover. However the leaflets are much narrower than those of either of these two species.

Lespedeza stuevei

Slender Bush Clover is similar to Wandlike Bush Clover and Stueve's Bush Clover. However the leaflets are much narrower than those of either of these two species.

Slender Bush Clover (Lespedeza virginica)

Identification: A tall, usually erect, heavily branched plant. Flowers pealike, pink to pink-purple. Flowers crowded close to the stem in the upper leaf axils. Stem smooth. Leaves with 3 leaflets. Leaflets small, elongate, and the leaf, as a whole, with a short petiole and crowded close to the stem. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Wisconsin in the west eastward to New England and southward to Florida and Texas.

Habitat: Slender Bush Clover is a species of dry woods and forest clearings.

Flowering period: July to September.

Slender Bush Clover (Lespedeza virginica)

Similar Species:

Wandlike Bush Clover (Lespedeza intermedia)

Stueve's Bush Clover (Lespedeza stuevei)

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