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

Photo of Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai (Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai)
Plantae

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.

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Family
Genus
Lespedeza
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai

Stem Height

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).

Stem Growth Cycle

All of these stems die back completely at the end of each growing season.

Flower Characteristics

This species produces an abundance of pink to purplish flowers that open in late summer.

Fruit and Seeds

Its fruit is a legume pod that holds black seeds.

Photo: (c) aarongunnar, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by aarongunnar · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Lespedeza

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

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