PLANTS Profile for Lespedeza angustifolia (narrowleaf lespedeza)

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Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott
narrowleaf lespedeza

Symbol:

LEAN

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 407. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott

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Synonyms:
Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott

	LEANB	Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott var. brevifolia Britton
	LEHII	Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. var. intercursa Fernald

Distribution:
Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott


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USA (AL, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA)

Related Taxa:
Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 36 species in Lespedeza

Classification:
Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Lespedeza Michx. – lespedeza
Species	Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott – narrowleaf lespedeza

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
bush clover		Rare
Pennsylvania:
narrowleaf bush clover		Endangered
Tennessee:
narrowleaf bushclover		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU+

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Elliott

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503396.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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