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trailing lespedeza

Lespedeza procumbens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 44, February 47, March 52, April 84, May 109, June 54, July 44, August 45, September 111, October 47, November 39, December 40.
United States5,186
Virginia655
North Carolina499
Maryland401
West Virginia335
New York333
Georgia273
Pennsylvania266
Tennessee265
Missouri235

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

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Practise trailing lespedeza with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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