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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lespedeza procumbens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read Lespedeza Species in the Carolinas by Bill Stringer.
Learn more about Downy Trailing Lespedeza from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza procumbens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lespedeza procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-003:
Lespedeza procumbens FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lespedeza procumbens
COMMON NAME:
Downy Trailing Lespedeza, Trailing Bush-clover
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lepr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8566
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s050604_e
June Greenville County SC
Pubescent trifoliate leaves with ovate leaflets, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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Roxanna Martin rlm82810_312
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm82910_78
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm83010_104
August Spartanburg County SC
Petals purplish to roseate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm83010_97
August Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160907_090
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4494
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220906_9688
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Trailing stems short-pubescent or short-pilose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm230905_5195
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Keel about as long as the wing petals, but both shorter than the standard, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_procumbens_s
September
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JK Marlow s070920_b
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Slender, pubescent, trailing or weakly ascendent stems, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lespedeza procumbens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza procumbens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lespedeza procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-003:
Lespedeza procumbens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lespedeza procumbens
810
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands and woodland borders, hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate
Stipules are persistent.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p118
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p064
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p037
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p128
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p197
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p136
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p173
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p083
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p078
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