Lespedeza tomentosa is
a perennial that grows in sunny grasslands, dams, and the like, with
yellow-brown obliquely upward vellus hairs. 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. |