Synonym(s): Lespedeza intermedia, Lespedeza violacea
Image ID: 94915
Image by: Fleming, Gary P.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: LEFR5
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lespedeza frutescens
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2016-12-30
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: LESPE GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Lespedeza GENUS AUTHORITY: Michx. GENUS COMMON: Lespedeza GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 40 species, perennial herbs and shrubs, of temperate regions of e. Asia and e. North America. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: Many species of Lespedeza hybridize, and most combinations may occur in our area. Some of the hybrids have been named in the past as varieties or species. Hybrids generally occur in mixed populations with both parents and can usually be identified by their intermediate morphology (identification much easier in the field where context is apparent than in the herbarium). See Isely (1990) and Clewell (1966a) for additional hints about identification of hybrids. GENUS REFERENCES: Clewell (1966a)=Z; Clewell (1966b)=Y; Isely (1986b)=X; Akiyama (1988)=Q; Clewell & Stickel (1990); Isely (1998)=I. Key based primarily on Z and SE. [also see Kummerowia]
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: FABACE FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Fabaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Lindley 1836 or LEGUMINOSAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Legume Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 730 genera and 20,000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, cosmopolitan. FAMILY REFERENCE: Isely (1990)=SE (throughout the family treatment); Isely (1998)=I; Lewis et al. (2005); Wojciechowski, Lavin, & Sanderson (2004); Wilbur (1963a); Robertson & Lee (1976).
This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lespedeza frutescens
COMMON NAME: Violet Lespedeza
SYNONYMY: [= K, Mo, S, Va; = L. violacea (Linnaeus) Persoon - C, F, G, I, Pa, RAB, SE, W, WV, Y, Z, misapplied; < L. violacea - WH3]
PHENOLOGY: Jul-Sep; Oct-Nov.
HABITAT: Woodlands and woodland borders.
COMMENTS: MA and NY west to MI, WI, IA, and KS, south to ne. FL, FL Panhandle, AL, MS, AR, and TX. Known in many floras as L. violacea (see synonymy), that name actually is the correct name for the species traditionally known as L. intermedia.
RANGE MAP: Lespedeza frutescens.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Fabaceae Lindley 1836 or LEGUMINOSAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Legume Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 730 genera and 20,000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, cosmopolitan. REFERENCE: Isely (1990)=SE (throughout the family treatment); Isely (1998)=I; Lewis et al. (2005); Wojciechowski, Lavin, & Sanderson (2004); Wilbur (1963a); Robertson & Lee (1976).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Lespedeza Michx. (Lespedeza) SUMMARY: A genus of about 40 species, perennial herbs and shrubs, of temperate regions of e. Asia and e. North America. REFERENCE: Clewell (1966a)=Z; Clewell (1966b)=Y; Isely (1986b)=X; Akiyama (1988)=Q; Clewell & Stickel (1990); Isely (1998)=I. Key based primarily on Z and SE. [also see Kummerowia]
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Lespedeza frutescens in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Lespedeza frutescens in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)