Common names: Stuve's lespedeza, tall bush clover, tall bush lespedeza

Scientific names: Lespedeza stuevei

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

Characteristics: Native, perennial, warm season forb to 6.0 feet. Stems erect, very leafy; leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliolate compound; leaflets 3, sparsely hairy to very hairy on upper surface, very hairy on lower surface, without stipels; flowers in dense clusters; fruit is a 1-seeded, indehiscent pod. Flowers May-October.

Plant community type: Open uplands and bottomlands. Sometimes found in semi-open woodlands.

Comments: Responds favorably to late winter-early spring burns.

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