Lespedeza hirta |
Lespedeza angustifolia |
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hairy bush-clover, hairy bush-clover or lespedeza, hairy lespedeza |
narrow-leaf bush-clover, narrowleaf lespedeza |
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Habit | Herbs. | Herbs, woody at base. | ||||
Stems | erect or ascending, 80–200 cm, branched distally, short appressed-pubescent, pilose, or villous. |
erect or ascending, 50–100(–150) cm, branched throughout or only distally, appressed- or ascending-pubescent or glabrescent. |
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Leaves | stipules subulate to narrowly triangular, 3–6 mm; petiole 10–15(–20) mm, longer than rachis; leaflet blades ovate-elliptic, obovate, or rounded, apex obtuse or retuse, minutely apiculate, surfaces green, cinereous, or silvery abaxially, sparsely to densely sericeous abaxially, glabrous, sericeous, pilose, or silvery with fine, dense, appressed-silky hairs adaxially; terminal blade 10–40(–50) × (7–)10–30 mm, length 1.3–1.8 times width. |
stipules subulate, 2–4 mm; petiole 1–3 mm, equaling or longer than rachis; leaflet blades usually narrowly oblong, rarely elliptic-oblong, with swollen, whitish reticulate veins adaxially, apex apiculate, surfaces densely sericeous abaxially, glabrous adaxially; laterals without oblique base; terminal blade 20–45 × 2–7 mm, length 4–8 times width. |
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Racemes | 10–40-flowered, axillary from distal leaves or clustered in compound inflorescences, flowers compact to lax, axis and pedicels visible, flowers chasmogamous and cleistogamous. |
10–20+-flowered, densely flowered, flowers chasmogamous and cleistogamous, racemes shorter than to 1–4 times length of subtending leaves. |
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Peduncles | longer than subtending leaves. |
longer (1–2 times) than subtending leaves. |
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Pedicels | 1–2 mm; bracteoles longer than calyx tube. |
1–2 mm; bracteoles longer than calyx tube. |
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Flowers | chasmogamous 7–10 mm; calyx 7–10 mm, pubescent, tube 1–2 mm; lobes 5, lateral narrowly triangular, 7–8 mm, apices spinelike; corolla cream-white or creamy with pink or purple at throat; wings 6–7 mm; keel 5–6 mm. |
chasmogamous 5.5–7 mm; calyx 5.5–7 mm, densely pubescent, tube 1.5–2 mm; lobes 5, lateral narrowly deltate, 4–5 mm, apices spinelike; corolla white to cream; wings 5.5–6.5 mm; keel 5–5.3 mm. |
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Loments | chasmogamous slightly included in calyx, ovate-oblong, 6–8 × 4–5 mm, cleistogamous slightly included in calyx, oblong, 6 × 4 mm; stipe subsessile. |
chasmogamous included in calyx, rounded, 4–5 mm, cleistogamous similar to chasmogamous, densely strigose; stipe subsessile. |
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Lespedeza hirta |
Lespedeza angustifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | |||||
Habitat | Open, moist woodlands and borders, pine flatlands, mixed or deciduous woodlands, savannas, swales, boggy areas, sandy oak-wire grass ridges, railroads, roadsides. | |||||
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
North America
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AL; CT; DE; FL; GA; MA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; NY; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Lespedeza hirta forms natural hybrids with L. angustifolia, L. capitata, L. frutescens, L. procumbens, L. repens, L. stuevei, L. violacea, and L. virginica. Hybrids with L. violacea have been called L. × nuttallii Darlington, and offspring from Indiana plants of L. × nuttallii show morphologies that range from one parental species to the other. Other purple-petaled species may hybridize with L. hirta to produce offspring similar to the morphology of L. × nuttallii (D. Isely 1998). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Lespedeza angustifolia is primarily a species of the Atlantic Coastal Plain with scattered occurrences inland. Lespedeza angustifolia forms natural hybrids with L. capitata, L. hirta, L. repens, L. stuevei, and L. virginica. Hybrids with L. hirta are common (A. F. Clewell 1966) and have been described as varieties of L. hirta (var. appressipilis S. F. Blake, var. intercursa Fernald, and var. oblongifolia Britton). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. | ||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lespedeza | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lespedeza | ||||
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Synonyms | Hedysarum hirtum | L. capitata var. angustifolia, L. angustifolia var. brevifolia | ||||
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Hornemann: Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 699. (1815) | (Pursh) Elliott: Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 206. (1822) | ||||
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