Lespedeza cyrtobotrya
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Lespedeza cyrtobotrya is a species in the genus bush clover ( Lespedeza ).
description
Lespedeza cyrtobotrya is an upright, heavily branched shrub that reaches heights of 1 to 3 meters. The branches are hairy. The leaves are tripartite. The petiole is 1 to 2.5 inches long. The leaflets are broadly ovate, ovate-elliptical or obovate. The terminal is 1.5 to 4.5 × 1 to 3 centimeters in size. The inflorescence is an axillary raceme and shorter than the opposite leaves, rarely about as long. The peduncle is short or the inflorescence is almost sessile. The flower stalk is short and hairy white. The chalice is 2 to 2.5 millimeters in size and five-lobed. The lobes are lanceolate. The crown is reddish purple and about 1.1 centimeters in diameter. The flag is obovate, its base is nailed. The wings are elongated and about a third shorter than the flag and shuttle. Their base is clearly dished and nailed. The boat is similar to the flag. Its base is also drilled and nailed. The pod is spherical, slightly flattened, 6 to 7 × approximately 5 millimeters in size, thinly haired and veined like a network.
The species blooms from July to August and produces fruit in September.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22.
distribution
The species grows on mountain slopes, in bushes and in forests at altitudes below 1500 meters. It occurs in Japan, Korea, Russia and China ( Gansu , Guangdong , Hebei , Heilongjiang , Henan , Jiangxi , Jilin , Liaoning , Shaanxi , Shanxi and Zhejiang ).
Systematics
Lespedeza cyrtobotrya was first described by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in 1867.
use
The twigs are used to make baskets, the leaves as fodder.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Puhua Huang, Hiroyoshi Ohashi, Tomoyuki Nemoto: Lespedeza . In: Deyuan Hong, Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven (eds.): Flora of China . tape 10 : Fabaceae . Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis 2010, ISBN 978-1-930723-91-7 , pp. 304 ( eFloras.org ).
