Lespedeza Plants — Species, Care & Identification
Lespedeza is a plant genus in the Fabaceae family. PlantoScan has care guides for 11 species in this genus. Each guide covers watering, light, soil, hardiness zone and pet toxicity, with sources.
Lespedeza species
Roundhead Bush Clover
Lespedeza capitata
H. ZellCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized

Prairie Bushclover
Lespedeza leptostachya
Phil Delphey, USFWSPublic domainWikimedia Commons

Creeping Bushclover
Lespedeza repens
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 403. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.Public domainWikimedia Commons

Violet lespedeza
Lespedeza violacea
Mason Brock ( Masebrock )Public domainWikimedia Commons

Virginia Bushclover
Lespedeza virginica
FritzflohrreynoldsCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
- Bicolor lespedezaLespedeza bicolorPlantoScan
Bicolor lespedeza
Lespedeza bicolor
- Chinese LespedezaLespedeza cuneataPlantoScan
Chinese Lespedeza
Lespedeza cuneata
- Hairy Bush CloverLespedeza pilosaPlantoScan
Hairy Bush Clover
Lespedeza pilosa
- Trailing BushcloverLespedeza procumbensPlantoScan
Trailing Bushclover
Lespedeza procumbens
- Stueve's Bush CloverLespedeza stueveiPlantoScan
Stueve's Bush Clover
Lespedeza stuevei
- Thunberg's Bush CloverLespedeza thunbergiiPlantoScan
Thunberg's Bush Clover
Lespedeza thunbergii
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