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Narrow-leaved Bush Clover

Lespedeza angustifolia

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Jersey.January 7, February 7, March 8, April 15, May 25, June 9, July 7, August 10, September 12, October 14, November 7, December 7.
United States717
New Jersey127
Georgia104
Virginia77
North Carolina71
Maryland45
Massachusetts43
South Carolina34
New York22
Pennsylvania21

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusbush clovers and lespedezas · Lespedeza

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Narrow-leaved Bush Clover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.