Fabaceae
Creeping lespedeza
Lespedeza repens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lespedeza
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Creeping lespedeza
Synonyms
- Desmodium repens (L.) DC.
- Hedysarum lespedeza Poir.
- Hedysarum prostratum Muhl. ex Willd.
- Hedysarum repens L.
- Lespedeza prostrata Pursh
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dennis White, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ragbird, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexa Hoffman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ragbird, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anthony A Simmons, CC0, 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.