North Carolina Wildflowers

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Fabaceae > Lespedeza
	Shrubby Lespedeza (Lespedeza bicolor) Orange Co., NC 20 Aug 2005 Introduced Lespedezas along roadsides and in power lines can be excellent butterfly attractants.

Shrubby Lespedeza (Lespedeza bicolor) Orange Co., NC 20 Aug 2005

	Downy Trailing Lespedeza (Lespedeza procumbens) Orange Co., NC 7 Sep 2006 Common statewide in NC in and near woods.
	Downy Trailing Lespedeza (Lespedeza procumbens) Orange Co., NC 7 Sep 2006
	Downy Trailing Lespedeza (Lespedeza procumbens) Orange Co., NC 7 Sep 2006

	Chinese Lespedeza, Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 Common statewide along roadsides, powerline cuts, floodplains, and other disturbed areas, Chinese Lespedeza is introduced from eastern Asia.
	Chinese Lespedeza, Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011
	Chinese Lespedeza, Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011

	Slender Bush Clover, Slender Lespedeza (Lespedeza virginica) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 6 Sep 2018
	Slender Bush Clover, Slender Lespedeza (Lespedeza virginica) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 6 Sep 2018
	Slender Bush Clover, Slender Lespedeza (Lespedeza virginica) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 6 Sep 2018

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.