Fabaceae
Japanese clover
Kummerowia striata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Kummerowia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 雞眼草, 鸡眼草, 公母草, 掐不齐, 牛黄黄
- English
- Japanese clover, Japanese bush clover, Common lespedeza
- Finnish
- Japaninsuoniapila
- Japanese
- ヤハズソウ
- Korean
- 매듭풀
- Swedish
- Japansk buskklöver
Synonyms
- Desmodium striatum (Thunb.) DC.
- Hedysarum striatum Thunb.
- Hedysarum striatum Thunb.
- Kummerovia striata (Thunb.) Schindl.
- Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) Hook. & Arn.
- Meibomia striata (Thunb.) Kuntze
- Microlespedeza makinoi Tanaka
- Microlespedeza striata (Thunb.) Makino
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 237 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ainsley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: camdenwhitlock3, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mmaerki, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: John Short, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.