Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Fabaceae | Lespedeza angustifolia | Narrow-leaved Lespedeza | Longleaf pine sandhill-pocosin ecotones and dry to moist pine savannas, mountain bogs, in the Piedmont especially in barrens with hardpan soils. | 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). | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza bicolor | Bicolor Lespedeza, Shrubby Lespedeza | ‘Wildlife food plots’, roadsides, forests, woodlands. | Native of e. Asia. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza capitata | Bush-clover, Round-headed Lespedeza | Woodlands and woodland borders, wet meadows, fens, prairies, barrens. | ME and s. ON west to MN, SD, and NE, south to FL Panhandle and TX. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza cuneata | Sericea Lespedeza, Chinese Lespedeza, Sericea | Roadbanks, ‘wildlife food plots’, disturbed areas, floodplains, creekbanks, and invading other natural habitats. | Native of e. Asia. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza frutescens | Violet Lespedeza | Woodlands and woodland borders. | 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. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza hirta var. curtissii | Silvery Lespedeza | Longleaf pine sandhills and dry to moist savannas. | Se. VA south to s. FL, west to Panhandle FL and se. AL, barely extending onto the Piedmont in NC, SC, and GA. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza hirta var. hirta | Hairy Lespedeza | Woodlands and woodland borders. | S. ME and s. ON west to MI, n. IL, c. MO, and OK, south to c. peninsular FL and TX. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza procumbens | Downy Trailing Lespedeza | Woodlands and woodland borders, hammocks. | MA, NH, and NY west to IL, MO, and KS, south to Panhandle FL and TX. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza repens | Smooth Trailing Lespedeza, Creeping Lespedeza | Woodlands and woodland borders. | CT and NY west to n. OH, s. WI, MO, and KS, south to n. peninsular FL, Panhandle FL, and c. TX. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza stuevei | Velvety Lespedeza | Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and woodland borders. | 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. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza thunbergii | Thunberg's Bush-clover | ‘Wildlife food plots’, roadbanks. | Native of e. Asia. Reported for Macon County, NC, by Pittillo & Brown (1988). | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza violacea | Wand Lespedeza | Woodlands and woodland borders. | S. ME and s. ON west to MI and se. MN, south to ne. FL, Panhandle FL, and e. TX. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza virgata | Wand Lespedeza | Roadbanks. | Native of e. Asia. Clewell & Stickel (1990) report the occurrence of this species in NC. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza virginica | Virginia Lespedeza, Slender Bush-clover | Longleaf pine sandhills, woodlands, and woodland borders. | MA and NH west to MI, WI, IA, and KS, south to Panhandle FL and c. TX. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza daurica | Dahurian Lespedeza | Disturbed areas. | Native of e. Asia. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza cyrtobotrya | Leafy Lespedeza | Disturbed areas. | Reported for se. and sc. United States by Clewell (1966) and Isely (1990); reported for VA by Ohashi (2023). | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza texana | Texas Lespedeza | Limestone outcrops, limy cuestas in the Coastal Plain. | Se. OK south to sc. TX. | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza formosa | Mountain Bushclover | Disturbed areas. | Native of e. Asia. |
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