Lespedeza tomentosa is a
perennial that grows in sunny grasslands, dams, or the like, with
yellow-brown obliquely upward vellus hairs on the whole. Stems
erect, branch at upper parts, reaching about 150cm tall, with
alternate leaves with three leaflets and 2-3cm long peduncles. The
leaflets are long oblong to oval-like oblong; the terminal ones
measure 3-6cm long and 1.5-3cm wide, with margins with a bit of
involution and veins projecting. Yellow-white tinging flowers set
themselves many in racemes. Bloom time: July-September. |