Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Velvety Lespedeza from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza stuevei   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Lespedeza stuevei

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-007:

Lespedeza stuevei   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lespedeza stuvei

COMMON NAME:
Velvety Lespedeza, Stueve's Bush-clover, Tall Lespedeza

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lest5_001_lvd

        

JK Marlow    jkm091107_023

November    Greenwood County    SC

Roadside

Stem and leaves densely covered with short, soft, spreading hairs, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound

JK Marlow    jkm091107_023b

November    Greenwood County    SC

Roadside

Calyx lobes shorter than fruit; legumes elliptic to ovate, notably reticulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lespedeza stuevei   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza stuevei   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lespedeza stuevei

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-007:
Lespedeza stuevei   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lespedeza stuvei