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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Fabaceae
Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton
slender bush-clover, Virginia lespedeza
Lespedeza: after Cespedez, Spanish governor of east Flordia in late 18th century
virginica: of Virginia
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| Status: | Threatened |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-4' tall forb, 1 to a few stems |
| Flower: | pink to purple, 5-parted, 3/8" long, irregular shape; inflorescence a small, leafy, crowded cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers, leaves below the cluster longer than its stalk; blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | 3-parted, the leaflets narrow; pointing upward on long-stalks |
| Habitat: | dry; woods; in rocky, sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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