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slender bush clover

Lespedeza virginica

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 54, February 58, March 64, April 104, May 135, June 67, July 54, August 140, September 132, October 58, November 48, December 50.
United States8,180
Virginia808
Texas774
North Carolina626
Maryland570
Missouri446
New York429
Georgia394
Illinois381
Oklahoma369

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • 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

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

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