Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) Hook. & Arn.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Annual, erect or diffuse, much branched, 1–4 dm; stems sparsely pubescent with retrorsely curved or appressed hairs; petioles 1–2 mm; lfls oblong-obovate, 1–2 cm, a third as wide; stipules lance-ovate, brown, scarious, many-nerved, persistent, 4–6 mm; fls pink or purple, 1–3 in the upper axils, sessile or on pedicels to 4 mm, the petaliferous ones 6–7 mm, mingled with the apetalous ones; cal-tube 1.5–2 mm, its lobes subequal, oblong, reticulate, about as long as the tube; fr obovate, acute, scarcely reticulate, 3–4 mm; 2n=22. Fields and upland woods, mostly in dry soil; N.J. and Pa. to Ind. and Kans., s. to the Gulf; native of e. Asia. July, Aug.
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Common Names
Japanese clover