Common names: Japanese clover, common lespedeza, Japan clover, Jap clover, Kobe, Tennessee 76, Japanes iespedeza, Japanese bush clover

Scientific names: Lespedeza striata

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

Characteristics: Introduced, naturalized, annual, warm season forb to 1.3 feet. Stems erect to prostrate, much branched; leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliolate compound; leaflets 3, hairless, has inconspicuous hairs pressed flat against the margins, without stipels; fruit is a 1-seeded, indehiscent pod. Flowers June-October.

Plant community type: Open uplands and bottomlands.

Comments: Often planted in pastures among perennial grasses and managed as a reseeded annual.

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