Lespedeza pinetorum Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 230. 1874.Shrubs, 1-2 m tall. Branches tawny velutinous. Petiole 1-5 cm, densely velutinous; stipels absent; leaflets ovate or elliptic, terminal one 2-13 × 1-6 cm, adaxially tawny velutinous, base obtuse or rounded, apex acute. Racemes 2-10 cm, densely flowered; rachis tawny velutinous mixed with dense glandular hairs; bracts linear, usually more than 3.5 mm. Pedicels 1.5-4 mm, densely pubescent mixed with glandular hairs. Calyx ± densely shortly ascending hairy mixed with glandular hairs; tube 1.7-2.5 mm; lobes narrowly triangular, 3-4.5 mm, upper lobe distinctly 2-toothed. Corolla pinkish white; standard elliptic, 9-10.5 mm, apex obtuse; wings 7.5-9 mm, clawed at base; keel shallowly inflexed, 10.5-12 mm, clawed at base. Ovary narrowly ovoid, ca. 2.3 mm, shortly hairy; style incurved, ca. 7.7 mm. Legume obliquely elliptic to narrowly obovoid, 6-6.5 × 3-4 mm, shortly ascending hairy sometimes mixed with glandular hairs, apex acute. Seeds purplish brown, obliquely oblong, 3.2-4 × 1.5-2 mm.
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