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 Trailing Bush-clover
Lespedeza procumbens
USDA
information
Information below is
from
Neartica
| Identification: A trailing plant that sends up erect or nearly erect
flower branches. Flowers pea-like, with upper banner deeply tinged with
lavender, other petals whiter, but also tinged with lavender or violet. Flowers
in irregular racemes on an erect flowering branch. Stem hairy. Leaves with 3
leaflets, rounded to slightly elongate. |
| Distribution: Wisconsin in the west to Massachusetts in the east,
southward to Florida and Texas. |
| Habitat: Trailing Bush Clover is a species of dry woods and forest
clearings. |
| Flowering period: August to October. |
| Similar Species: Creeping
Bush Clover is nearly identical to this species. However the plant is
somewhat more slender and the stems are smooth, not hairy. |
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