Chinese Lespedeza     Information
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Scientific Name:Lespedeza cuneata


NOTES: Shrub-like perennial native to Asia.

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Chinese Lespedeza
Genus species: Lespedeza cuneata
Common Name: Chinese Lespedeza
Family Name: Fabaceae  
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Shrub
Flower Color:White
Violet/Blue
CNC Habitat: Nature Playscape
Identified by:M. Becus
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