*Kummerowia stipulacea (Maximowicz) Makino. Common name: Korean Lespedeza, Korean-clover. Phenology: Jul-Sep; Aug-Nov. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of e. Asia.
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA11.1, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, SE3, Tn, Va, Akiyama & Ohba (1985), Isely (1998); = Lespedeza stipulacea Maxim. — C, F, G, GrPl, RAB, Tat, Tx, W, WV; = n/a — S, S13. Basionym: Lespedeza stipulacea Maxim. 1859
Links to other floras: = Kummerowia stipulacea - FNA11.1
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to prostrate annual of fields, roadsides, disturbed forests and other disturbed habitats. Native of e. Asia.
Stems: Stems much-branched, usually spreading across the ground, often reddish, very hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate; on 1/4-in.-long petioles with papery, lance-oval stipules; divided into 3 oval leaflets up to 1/2 in. long and with many closely spaced parallel veins and hairy margins.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in dense, spike-like racemes from upper leaf axils; bi-colored pink and white; with typical pea-flower shape, including a large, round, erect "banner" petal with darker pinkish-purple markings.
Fruits: Fruit a tiny, flattened, broadly oval pod with a short beak and covered at the base by the persistent calyx; contains a single seed.
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Height: 4-22 in.
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description: Erect to prostrate annual of fields, roadsides, disturbed forests and other disturbed habitats. Native of e. Asia.
stems: Stems much-branched, usually spreading across the ground, often reddish, very hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate; on 1/4-in.-long petioles with papery, lance-oval stipules; divided into 3 oval leaflets up to 1/2 in. long and with many closely spaced parallel veins and hairy margins.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in dense, spike-like racemes from upper leaf axils; bi-colored pink and white; with typical pea-flower shape, including a large, round, erect "banner" petal with darker pinkish-purple markings.
fruits: Fruit a tiny, flattened, broadly oval pod with a short beak and covered at the base by the persistent calyx; contains a single seed.
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