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Lespedeza hirta
Also called Hairy Bushclover, Hairy Bush Clover
Lespedeza hirta, the hairy lespedeza or hairy bush clover, is a perennial forb native to Ontario and the eastern United States. It grows at most three feet high. It has inconspicuous small white blooms in the summer and prefers average to dry soil. It is noteworthy for the number of Lepidoptera species it supports. It is a larval host to the bella moth, black-spotted prominent moth, cloudless sulpher, confused cloudy-wing, eastern tailed blue, gray hairstreak, southern cloudywing, and zarucco duskywing.
Lespedeza hirta is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by Anthidiellum notatum, Ceratina, Megachile exilis, Megachile georgica, Megachile petulans, Stelis louisae, and Trachusa ridingsii.
Narrowleaf lespedeza · Shrub lespedeza · Roundhead lespedeza · Sericea lespedeza · Lespedeza · Prairie lespedeza · Pilose Lespedeza · Trailing lespedeza · Creeping lespedeza · Tall lespedeza · Thunberg's lespedeza · Violet lespedeza
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lespedeza hirta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
