Fabaceae
Hairy lespedeza
Lespedeza hirta
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lespedeza
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hairy lespedeza, Hairy bushclover
Synonyms
- Despeleza hirta (L.) Nieuwl.
- Hedysarum hirtum L.
- Lespedeza angustifolia Nutt. ex Maxim.
- Lespedeza capitata var. calycina (Schindl.) Fernald
- Lespedeza hirta subsp. curtissii Clewell
- Lespedeza hirta subsp. hirta
- Lespedeza hirta var. appressipilis S.F.Blake
- Lespedeza hirta var. calycina Schindl.
- Lespedeza hirta var. curtissii (Clewell) Isely
- Lespedeza hirta var. dissimulans Fernald
- Lespedeza hirta var. hirta
- Lespedeza hirta var. sparsiflora Torr. & A.Gray
- Lespedeza hirta var. typica Schindl.
- Lespedeza polystachya Michx.
- Onobrychis hirta (L.) Scop.
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
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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.