Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read Lespedeza Species in the Carolinas by Bill Stringer.
Learn more about Virginia Lespedeza from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lespedeza virginica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza virginica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-006:
Lespedeza virginica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Lespedeza, Slender Lespedeza, Virginia Bush-clover, Slender Bush-clover
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_levi7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060603_039
June Greenville County SC
Field
Get to know this common species so you can learn others less common, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm060603_069
June Pickens County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Note the reddish stem.
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JK Marlow s060603_d
June Greenville County SC
Field
Leaflet base and apex both rounded. Petioles of mid-stem leaves ~ 10mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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JK Marlow s080607_c
June Pickens County SC
Leaves with long petioles, leaflets < 1/4" wide & about 4x as long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0408l_10
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
Its copious flowers give it a top-heavy look, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm0408l_12
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
Crowded clusters of 4-10 flowers in upper leaf axils, shorter than leaves, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm190825_0970
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200804_6838
August Spartanburg County SC
Stem moderately hairy in lines, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.