Fabaceae
Wand lespedeza
Lespedeza virgata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lespedeza
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Lespedeza virgataFabaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 掐不齐, 細梗胡枝子, 细梗胡枝子, 斑鸠花, 捏不齐, 鹿茸草
- English
- Wand lespedeza
Synonyms
- Desmodium virgatum (Thunb.) Poir.
- Hedysarum virgatum Thunb.
- Lespedeza patentihirta T.B.Lee
- Lespedeza swinhoei Hance
- Lespedeza virgata var. virgata
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.