Lespedeza frutescens (Linnaeus) Hornemann. Subgenus: Lespedeza. Section: Lespedeza. clade: E. Common name: Violet Lespedeza. Phenology: Jul-Sep; Oct-Nov. Habitat: Woodlands and woodland borders. Distribution: MA and NY west to MI, WI, IA, and KS, south to SC, GA, AL, ne. FL, FL Panhandle, MS, AR, and n. TX. Many previous and current portrayals of the distribution of this species are based in part on mis-identifications of the more common Lespedeza violacea.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Known in many older floras as L. violacea (see synonymy), that name is actually the correct name for the species traditionally known as L. intermedia, based on the type material (see Reveal & Barrie 1991). This has made for unfortunate confusion of distributional and other information about the two species.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA11.1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, POWO, S, S13, Va, Reveal & Barrie (1991); = Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. — C, F, G, GrPl, Il, NcTx, Pa, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WV, Clewell (1966a), Clewell (1966b), Isely (1998), misapplied; < Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. — WH3, misapplied. Basionym: Hedysarum frutescens L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lespedeza frutescens - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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