Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Velvety 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 stuevei
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza stuevei
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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)
Lespedeza stuvei
COMMON NAME:
Velvety Lespedeza, Stueve's Bush-clover, Tall Lespedeza
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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.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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.