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| Photo by the Southeastern Flora Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Lespedeza |
| Species: | L. repens |
| Binomial name | |
| Lespedeza repens L | |
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| Natural range of Lespedeza repens from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common names: smooth trailing lespedeza;[1] creeping lespedeza[2]
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonym: Hedysarum repens[2]
Description
Lespedeza repens is a dioecious perennial forb/herb.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs from Connecticut and New York, westward to northern Ohio, southern Wisconsin, Missouri, and Kansas, and southward to northern peninsular Florida, panhandle Florida, and central Texas.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
L. repens is occurs in woodlands and woodland borders.[1]
Phenology
In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States flowering occurs from July through September and fruiting occurs from August through November.[1]
