Lespedeza capitata Michaux

Lespedeza capitata Michaux is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2023a.

Hybrid parent of

Lespedeza ×longifolia de Candolle.

Vernacular names

• lespédèze capitée Newcomb, 1983

• round-headed bush-clover Britton & Brown, 1970
• round-headed lespedeza Weakley et al., 2023

Synonyms

• Lespedeza bicknellii House FNA Ed. Comm., 2023a
• Lespedeza capitata var. sericea Hooker FNA Ed. Comm., 2023a
• Lespedeza capitata var. stenophylla Bissell & Fernald FNA Ed. Comm., 2023a
• Lespedeza capitata var. velutina Fernald FNA Ed. Comm., 2023a
• Lespedeza capitata var. vulgaris Torrey & A. Gray FNA Ed. Comm., 2023a

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Rosanae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae
Subfamily	Papilionoideae
Tribe	Desmodieae
Genus	Lespedeza
Subgenus	Lespedeza subg. Lespedeza
Section	Lespedeza sect. Lespedeza
Species	Lespedeza capitata

Habit

Herb