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Slender Bush-Clover (Lespedeza virginica)
Image ID: 2009/mr31
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Other common names: Slender Lespedeza
Native
Family:
Fabaceae (Pea)
Height: 1 to 3 ft.
Blooms: July to
September
Leaf Type:
divided
Bloom Size: 0.25 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Irregular blossoms
Location: Montour Trail
Date: 8/30/2009
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Slender Bush-Clover may be
easily confused with:
- Showy Tick Trefoil
Both leaves and flowers of the tick trefoil are larger than those of the bush-clover.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
