Fabaceae

Juncea lespedeza

Lespedeza juncea (L.f.) Pers.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Lespedeza

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Juncea lespedeza (Lespedeza juncea) — Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 尖叶铁扫帚, 尖葉鐵掃帚, 尖叶胡枝子, 夜关门, 扁坐, 野鸡草, 尖葉胡枝子
English: Juncea lespedeza
Japanese: メドハギ

Synonyms

Hedysarum junceum L.f.
Lespedeza cystoides Nakai
Lespedeza hedisaroides (Pall.) Kitag.
Lespedeza hedysaroides Kitag.
Lespedeza jumcea var. subsericea Kom.
Onobrychis juncea (L.f.) Scop.
Trifolium hedysaroides Pall.

Flowers

In flower: August to September (from 845 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, 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.