Fabaceae
Thunberg's lespedeza
Lespedeza thunbergii
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lespedeza
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- ليسبيديزا ثونبيرغية
- arz
- ليسبيديزا ثونبيرغيه
- Chinese
- 日本胡枝子, 宮城野萩
- Danish
- Thunberg-Kløverbusk
- English
- Thunberg's lespedeza, Pink cascade, Spring grove, Summer beauty
- German
- Thunbergs Buschklee
- Japanese
- ミヤギノハギ
Synonyms
- Desmodium thunbergii DC.
- Hedysarum heterocarpon Thunb.
- Hedysarum hetrocarpon Thunb.
- Lespedeza elliptica Maxim.
- Lespedeza formosa subsp. elliptica (Maxim.) Akiyama & H.Ohba
- Lespedeza luchuensis Hatus.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: VoDeTan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: VoDeTan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: VoDeTan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: VoDeTan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: VoDeTan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: VoDeTan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: VoDeTan2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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.