Common names: Korean clover, Korean lespedeza, Korean bush clover

Scientific names: Lespedeza stipulacea

Seasons of significant use: summer (for Lespedeza spp. complex)

Characteristics: Introduced, naturalized, annual, warm season forb to 2.0 feet. Stems erect or ascending, much branched; leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliolate compound; leaflets 3, hairless or nearly so on upper and lower surfaces, with conspicuous marginal hairs, without stipels; fruit is 1-seeded, indehiscent pod. Flowers June-October.

Plant community type: Open uplands and bottomlands.

Comments: Often planted in pastures with perennial grasses and managed as a reseeding annual.

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