Stueve's Bush Clover

(Lespedeza stuevei)

 

   

 

 

Color photograph: Homer D. House. 1918. Wildflowers of New York.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Stueve's Bush Clover (Lespedeza stuevei Nutt.)

Identification: An erect, tall plant. Flowers pealike, pink to purple-pink. Flowers arising from the leaf axils near the top of the stem and crowded close to the stem. Stem densely downy. Leaves with 3 leaflets, each leaflet ovate-elongate. Plant 2 to 4 feet in height.

Distribution: Illinois and Missouri in the west eastward to Massachusetts and southward to Florida and Texas.

Habitat: Found in dry woods or forest clearings.

Flowering period: August to September.

Similar Species: Stueve's Bush Clover is very similar to Wandlike Bush Clover. However this species has densely hairy stems compared to the smooth stems of Wandlike Bush-Clover. The leavlets of Slender Bush Clover are more narrow than those of this species.

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