Fabaceae
Slender lespedeza
Lespedeza virginica
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lespedeza
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender lespedeza
Synonyms
- Hedysarum junceum Walter
- Hedysarum reticulatum Muhl. ex Willd.
- Hedysarum sessiliflorum Poir.
- Lespedeza angustifolia Darl.
- Lespedeza reticulata Pers.
- Lespedeza reticulata var. angustifolia (Darl.) Maxim.
- Lespedeza reticulata var. sessiliflora Maxim.
- Lespedeza reticulata var. virginica (L.) MacMill.
- Lespedeza sessiliflora Michx.
- Lespedeza violacea var. angustifolia (Darl.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Lespedeza violacea var. reticulata (Willd.) Chapman
- Lespedeza violacea var. reticulata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Chapm.
- Lespedeza violacea var. reticulata (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.Don
- Lespedeza violacea var. sessiliflora (Poir.) G.Don
- Lespedeza violacea var. sessiliflora Torr. & A.Gray
- Lespedeza virginica f. deamii M.Hopkins
- Lespedeza virginica f. virginica
- Lespedeza virginica var. sessiliflora Schindl.
- Lespedeza virginica var. typica Schindl.
- Medicago virginica L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 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.