OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Kummerowia stipulacea   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kummerowia stipulacea   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Kummerowia stipulacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-001:

Lespedeza stipulacea   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Korean-clover, Korean Lespedeza


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Kummerowia stipulacea, Korean-clover, Korean Lespedeza

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_k_stipulacea_4

September        

Leaflets emarginate at the apex, conspicuously spreading-ciliate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound

image of Kummerowia stipulacea, Korean-clover, Korean Lespedeza

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_kummerowia_stipulacea

September    Catawba County    NC

Mid-stem leaves with petioles 4-10mm long; stems antrorsely appressed-strigose, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Kummerowia stipulacea   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kummerowia stipulacea   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Kummerowia stipulacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-001:
Lespedeza stipulacea   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

812

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Common in Carolinas (uncommon to rare in GA)

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)


Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate
Stipules are persistent.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Flowers in spikelike axillary racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: