You may find it helpful to read Lespedeza Species in the Carolinas by Bill Stringer.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lespedeza hirta +
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza hirta +
FAMILY
Fabaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-27-012:
Lespedeza hirta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Bush-clover, Hairy Lespedeza, Silvery Lespedeza
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JK Marlow jkm060603_020
June Pickens County SC
Field
Petioles of middle leaves 1-1.5cm, those of upper leaves short to none, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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June Pickens County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm160816_004
August Oconee County SC
Leaflets 1.3-1.8 x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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JK Marlow jkm060903_083
September Greenville County SC
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September Greenville County SC
Hairy calyx lobes much longer than the petals, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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September Greenville County SC
Leaflets vary greatly in shape: round to ovate-elliptic or obovate, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060903_095
September Greenville County SC
Racemes on often-elongate peduncles equaling or longer than subtending leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060903_095b
September Greenville County SC
The standard 6-8mm long and bearing a purplish spot, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_23b
October Pickens County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm111029_082
October Pickens County SC
Legume 5-8mm long, shorter than the lobes of the long calyx, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_060
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge