Fabaceae
Leafy lespedeza
Lespedeza cyrtobotrya
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lespedeza
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 短梗胡枝子, 圆叶胡枝子, 短序胡枝子, 籽条, 铁扫帚
- English
- Leafy lespedeza
- Japanese
- マルバハギ
- Korean
- 참싸리
Synonyms
- Campylotropis virgata Miq.
- Lespedeza anthobotrya Ricker
- Lespedeza cyrtobotrya f. alba T.B.Lee
- Lespedeza cyrtobotrya f. alba Ohwi
- Lespedeza cyrtobotrya f. kawachiana (Nakai) Hatus.
- Lespedeza cyrtobotrya f. semialba Nakai
- Lespedeza cyrtobotrya f. virginea H.Ohashi
- Lespedeza cyrtobotrya var. kawachiana (Nakai) Ohwi
- Lespedeza cyrtobotrya var. longiramea Nakai
- Lespedeza cyrtobotrya var. patens H.Koidz.
- Lespedeza cyrtobotrya var. pedunculata Nakai
- Lespedeza kawachiana Nakai
- Lespedeza nakaii T.B.Lee
- Lespedeza virgata Miq.
- Lespedeza virgata Siebold & Zucc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: VoDeTan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.