Lespedeza stuevei Nuttall. Subgenus: Lespedeza. Section: Lespedeza. clade: E. Common name: Velvety Lespedeza. Phenology: Jul-Sep; Aug-Nov. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and woodland borders. Distribution: MA south to n. peninsular FL, west to c. and n. TX, north in the interior to. NC, TN, s. IN, s. IL, c. MO, and nc. KS.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Fl3, FNA11.1, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Clewell (1966a), Clewell (1966b), Isely (1998); = Lespedeza stuevei Nutt. var. stuevei — F; = Lespedeza stuvei — S, S13, orthographic variant. Basionym: Lespedeza stuevei Nutt. 1818
Links to other floras: = Lespedeza stuevei - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of dry woodlands and woodland borders.
Stems: Stems branched above, grayish-green and covered with dense velvety hairs that spreading outward.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, divided into 3 elliptic to oblong leaflets, each to 1 1/4 in. long and hairy and gray-green on both surfaces.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in dense racemes of 4-10 on short stalks from upper leaf axils, pink to violet, about 1/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric with typical pea-flower shape, including an erect banner petal streaked with purple at the base.
Fruits: Fruit a hairy, flattened, elliptical pod containing a single seed.
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Height: 2-5 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of dry woodlands and woodland borders.
stems: Stems branched above, grayish-green and covered with dense velvety hairs that spreading outward.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, divided into 3 elliptic to oblong leaflets, each to 1 1/4 in. long and hairy and gray-green on both surfaces.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in dense racemes of 4-10 on short stalks from upper leaf axils, pink to violet, about 1/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric with typical pea-flower shape, including an erect banner petal streaked with purple at the base.
fruits: Fruit a hairy, flattened, elliptical pod containing a single seed.
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