Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Lespedeza Michaux [802]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Bush clover

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pub_year:

accepted: Accepted

Family: Fabaceae

family_ja: マメ

Infra familial classification:

distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 40 species of annuals, perennials, and deciduous subshrubs and shrubs found in meadows, grassland, and rocky places in E. Asia, Australia, and North America. They are cultivated for their small, pea-like flowers, profusely borne in axillary or terminal racemes. Leaves are alternate and 3-palmate. Excellent late-flowering plants for a mixed or shrub border.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in containers outdoors in spring, or take greenwood cuttings in early summer. L. thunbergii may also be divided in spring.

pests_en: Trouble free.

description_ja:

comment: Temp. N.America, E.Asia

comment_ja: ハギ

type_species:

Phylogenetic definition:

Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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