FABACEAE

Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott. Subgenus: Lespedeza. clade: D. Narrow-leaved Lespedeza. Phen: Aug-Oct; Sep-Nov. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhill-pocosin ecotones and dry to moist pine savannas, mountain bogs, in the Piedmont especially in barrens with hardpan soils. Dist: MA south to c. peninsular FL, west to s. MS, essentially a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic, rarely disjunct inland to w. NC, c. GA, ec. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997; Tennessee Flora Committee 2015), and sc. KY (T. Littlefield, pers.comm., 2020).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Syn: = C, Fl3, G, K1, K3, K4, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, SE3, Tn, Va, W, WH3, Clewell (1966a), Clewell (1966b), Isely (1998); > Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott – F; > Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. var. intercursa Fernald – F

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