Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai

Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai

Lespedeza thunbergii is a plant with annual stems, pink to purplish late-summer flowers, and legume pods with black seeds.

Family
Genus
Lespedeza
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai

Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai grows annual stems that reach up to 2 meters (7 feet) tall, with diameters up to 1.3 centimeters (0.5 inches). All of these stems die back completely at the end of each growing season. This species produces an abundance of pink to purplish flowers that open in late summer. Its fruit is a legume pod that holds black seeds.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Lespedeza

More from Fabaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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