Fabaceae
Roundhead lespedeza
Lespedeza capitata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lespedeza
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- ليسبيديزا رؤيسية, لسباديزا
- arz
- ليسبيديزا رؤيسيه
- English
- Roundhead lespedeza
- Persian
- لسپدزا کپیتاتا
Synonyms
- Aeschynomene frutescens Poir.
- Despeleza capitata (Michx.) Nieuwl.
- Hedysarum conglomeratum Poir.
- Hedysarum frutescens Willd.
- Hedysarum umbellatum Walter
- Lespedeza bicknellii House
- Lespedeza capitata f. argentea Fernald
- Lespedeza capitata f. capitata
- Lespedeza capitata var. capitata
- Lespedeza capitata var. hirtiformis Fernald
- Lespedeza capitata var. sericea Hook.
- Lespedeza capitata var. stenophylla Bissell & Fernald
- Lespedeza capitata var. typica Fernald
- Lespedeza capitata var. velutina Fernald
- Lespedeza capitata var. vulgaris Torr. & A.Gray
- Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Elliott
- Lespedeza fruticosa Pers.
- Lespedeza schindleri H.Lév.
- Lespedeza velutina E.P.Bicknell
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Carlson from Menomonie, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.