Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Fabaceae

Lespedeza - [maps | photos]

• Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Ell. (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: narrowleaf lespedeza

• Lespedeza bicolor * Turcz.
  Common Name: bush clover

• Lespedeza capitata Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: roundhead lespedeza

• Lespedeza cuneata * (Dum.-Cours.) G. Don
  NWI TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: Chinese lespedeza

• Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem.
  Common Name: hairy lespedeza

• Lespedeza intermedia (S. Watson) Britton
  Common Name: intermediate lespedeza

• Lespedeza procumbens Michx.
  Common Name: trailing lespedeza

• Lespedeza repens (L.) Bart.
  Common Name: creeping lespedeza

• Lespedeza stuevei Nutt.
  Common Name: tall lespedeza

• Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers.
  Common Name: violet lespedeza

• Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton
  Common Name: slender lespedeza

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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