Lespedeza buergeri Miq.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs, erect, 1-3 m tall. Branchlets sparsely hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 2-5 cm; leaflets ovate-elliptic, terminal one 3-7 × 1.3-2.5 cm, abaxially adpressed hairy, adaxially gla­brous, base slightly acute or obtuse-rounded, apex acute. Ra­cemes axillary or in panicles at upper part of branchlets. Calyx ca. 4 mm, 5-lobed; lobes ovate-lanceolate or ovate, densely villous. Corolla pale yellowish green, ca. 1 cm; standard nearly orbicular, base auriculate, shortly clawed; wings elliptic-oblong, base auriculate, clawed, sometimes apex slightly purple; keel obovate-oblong, slightly longer than standard, base distinctly auriculate, long clawed. Ovary hairy. Legume oblong-ovoid, ca. 1.5 cm, villous, reticulate veined. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.
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An erect shrub. It grows 1-3 m tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and the end one is 3-7 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The flowers are in the upper part of the branches. They are yellowish green. The pods are 1.5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rocky places by rivers in mountains, C. and S. Japan. Mountain slopes, forests, roadsides and ditches below 1500 metres in China.
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It grows in ditches and on mountain slopes below 1500 m altitude in China. In Sichuan.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lespedeza buergeri unspecified picture
Lespedeza buergeri unspecified picture

Distribution

Lespedeza buergeri world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502422-1
WFO ID wfo-0000185064
COL ID 723GK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lespedeza oldhamii Lespedeza bracteolata Lespedeza buergeri var. tetraloba Lespedeza buergeri Lespedeza buergeri var. kinashii

Lower taxons

Lespedeza buergeri subsp. tricolor Lespedeza buergeri var. tricolor