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Fabaceae
Kummerowia

not marked as a favorite taxon *Kummerowia striata (Thunberg) Schindler. Common name: Japanese-clover, Common Lespedeza. Phenology: Jul-Sep; Aug-Nov. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of e. Asia.

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Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl3, FNA11.1, Il, K4, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, SE3, Tn, Va, WH3, Akiyama & Ohba (1985), Isely (1998); Hedysarum striatum Thunb. = Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) Hook. & Arn. — C, F, G, GrPl, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tx, W, WV. Basionym: Hedysarum striatum Thunb. 1784

Links to other floras: = Kummerowia striata - FNA11.1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: UPL
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect or decumbent annual of agricultural fields, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of e. Asia.

Stems: Stems usually spreading across the ground, diffusely branched, reddish-purple and hairy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate; on short petioles with papery, lance-oval stipules at the base; divided into 3 oblong-elliptic leaflets 1/2-1 in. long, each with many closely spaced parallel veins and entire to slightly serrated margins and pale green beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers 1-3 on short stalks from leaf axils; pink or purple and white; about 1/4 in. long; with typical pea-flower shape, the "banner" petal predominately pink or purple with several dark purple veins near its base.

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: to 6 ft. (long)

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description: Erect or decumbent annual of agricultural fields, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of e. Asia.

stems: Stems usually spreading across the ground, diffusely branched, reddish-purple and hairy.

leaves: Leaves alternate; on short petioles with papery, lance-oval stipules at the base; divided into 3 oblong-elliptic leaflets 1/2-1 in. long, each with many closely spaced parallel veins and entire to slightly serrated margins and pale green beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers 1-3 on short stalks from leaf axils; pink or purple and white; about 1/4 in. long; with typical pea-flower shape, the "banner" petal predominately pink or purple with several dark purple veins near its base.

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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