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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Kummerowia stipulacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read Lespedeza Species in the Carolinas by Bill Stringer.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Kummerowia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kummerowia stipulacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-001:
Lespedeza stipulacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Korean Clover, Korean Lespedeza
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_k_stipulacea_4
September
Leaflets emarginate at the apex, conspicuously spreading-ciliate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_kummerowia_stipulacea
September Catawba County NC
Mid-stem leaves with petioles 4-10mm long; stems antrorsely appressed-strigose, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Kummerowia stipulacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kummerowia stipulacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-001:
Lespedeza stipulacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
812
Forb
Annual
Non-native: east Asia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in GA)
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate
Stipules are persistent.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers in spikelike axillary racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p110
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p338
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p083