Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Unlike most others in the genus, this is a species of woodlands and small openings in woodlands/forests, preferring partial shade... Learn more from Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Known in many floras as L. violacea (see synonymy), that name actually is the correct name for the species traditionally known as L. intermedia, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza frutescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Lespedeza violacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-008:

Lespedeza violacea   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lespedeza frutescens

COMMON NAME:
Violet Lespedeza, Shrubby Bush-clover

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lefr5_001_lvd

        

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lespedeza frutescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza frutescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lespedeza violacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-008:
Lespedeza violacea   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lespedeza frutescens