| Family |
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
| Scientific name |
Lespedeza cuneata (Dumont de Courset) G. Don |
| Synonyms |
Anthyllis cuneata Dumont de Courset; Aspalathus cuneatus (Dumont de Courset)
D. Don; Hedysarum sericeum Thunberg; Lespedeza argyraea Siebold & Zuccarini;
Lespedeza juncea (L.) Persoon forma latissima Matsumura; Lespedeza juncea
(L.) Persoon subsp. sericea (Maximowicz) Steenis; Lespedeza juncea (L.)
Persoon var. sericea Maximowicz; Lespedeza latissima (Matsum.) Nakai; Lespedeza
sericea Bentham; Lespedeza sericea Miquel |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) medo-hagi [divining sticks lespedeza] |
| (English common name) Chinese bush-clover, Chinese lespedeza, perennial
lespedeza, sericea lespedeza, silky bush-clover |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, Nepal, India,
Pakistan |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=20 |
| Description |
Plants 60-100cm. Leaves 10-25mm length, 2-4mm width. Flowers 6-7mm, flowering
in August to October. Pelennial plants. |
| Reference |
Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don |
| Lespedeza juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) Lace & Hemsley |
| Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.Cours.) G. Don |
| Note |
Lespedeza cuneata is obviously different species from Lespedeza cuneata var. serpens. Lespedeza cuneata is electing plants, on the other hand, Lespedeza cuneata var. serpens is creeping plants. Also shape of leaves are clearly dfferent from each other. |
