Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lespedeza cuneata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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.
Leaves have white silky hairs appressed to the underside, and the leaflets are rather squared-off at the apex. Learn more from Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Extensively used as a soil stabilizer. Now invasive across most of our region, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza cuneata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-011:
Lespedeza cuneata FAMILY Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sericea Lespedeza, Chinese Lespedeza, Sericea
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lespedeza cuneata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza cuneata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-011:
Lespedeza cuneata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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