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