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Lespedeza frutescens; photograph (c) geosesarma, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC BY(c) geosesarma, some rights reserved (CC BY) · observed growing wild · 2026-09-14

Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Hornem.

· doubtful

Fabaceae · Ontario, Illinois +24

Cited as Kew's World Checklist cites it, Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Hornem.: GBIF's backbone key for this page carries the name with another author, (L.) DC., 1825.

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Lespedeza frutescens, photograph (c) geosesarma, some rights reserved (CC BY)Lespedeza frutescens, photograph (c) geosesarma, some rights reserved (CC BY)Lespedeza frutescens, photograph author not stated, no rights reservedLespedeza frutescens, photograph author not stated, no rights reservedLespedeza frutescens, photograph (c) Ryan Sorrells, some rights reserved (CC BY)Lespedeza frutescens, photograph (c) Ryan Sorrells, some rights reserved (CC BY) 50 photographs ›

Summary

Lespedeza frutescens, commonly known as shrubby lespedeza, is a species of herbaceous plant in the legume family.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Lespedeza frutescens", CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the genus · Lespedeza

Lespedeza is a genus of some 45 species of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), commonly known as bush clovers or Japanese clovers (hagi). The genus is native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of eastern North America, eastern and southern Asia and Australasia.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Lespedeza", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: No georeferenced record inside the range.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
No openly licensed record to show inside the range.
NativeOntario, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“perennial” · “temperate” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedNo georeferenced records inside the stated native range.

Photographs

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Photographs: (c) geosesarma, some rights reserved (CC BY) (2); author not stated, no rights reserved · CC0 (2); (c) Ryan Sorrells, some rights reserved (CC BY) (2).

Other Lespedeza 18 in the reference

Lespedeza bicolor Lespedeza bicolor Shrub lespedeza Photo: CC BY, Wendy McCradyLespedeza buergeri Lespedeza buergeri Fabaceae Photo: CC0, author not statedLespedeza capitata Lespedeza capitata Round-head lespedeza Photo: CC0, author not statedLespedeza cuneata Lespedeza cuneata Sericea lespedeza Photo: CC BY, Elliot GreinerLespedeza cyrtobotrya Lespedeza cyrtobotrya Leafy lespedeza Photo: CC BY, MUNENORI YAMAKAWALespedeza daurica Lespedeza daurica Dahurian lespedeza Photo: CC BY, Святослав ВласенкоLespedeza floribunda Lespedeza floribunda Fabaceae Photo: CC BY, Jane CharlenLespedeza hirta Lespedeza hirta Hairy lespedeza Photo: CC0, author not statedLespedeza juncea Lespedeza juncea Juncea lespedeza Photo: CC BY, Святослав Власенко Lespedeza maritima Coastal lespedeza Lespedeza maximowiczii Lespedeza maximowiczii Korean lespedeza Photo: CC0, author not statedLespedeza procumbens Lespedeza procumbens Trailing lespedeza Photo: CC0, author not stated all 19 ›

Names & registers

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The record

Family
Fabaceae
Described by
(L.) Hornem.
Native to
Ontario, Illinois, Missouri +23
Wild records
none in range

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
GBIF species record gbif.species answeredasked 2026-10-22GBIF's key 8108644 is Lespedeza frutescens (L.) DC., 1825; the page links Kew's Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Hornem., and the name is cited as Kew cites it
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms answeredasked 2026-10-22
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular answeredasked 2026-10-22names fetched 2026-10-22
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
Habitat climate climate nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22no georeferenced record inside the range
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by its label; its POWO identifier 927619-1 is Kew's for Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Hornem.
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild answeredasked 2026-10-22from iNaturalist's open data of 2026-09-27: research-grade observations with an open-licence photograph, the 24 whose photographs iNaturalist received last (the open data holds no votes); filled 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
Wikimedia Commons commons nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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