Common Name: slender bush clover, virginia lespedezaScientific Name: Lespedeza virginica (L.) BrittonFamily Name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) - Pea or Bean FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, many from base, branched above, smooth or with minute hairs, densely leaved Leavesalternate, compound trifoliate and long stalked, crowded on stem and ascending, leaflets linear to narrow oblong and short stalked, hairy, entire, small point at tip Flowerspea-like, violet purple, irregular; axillary racemes above, few-flowered, crowed Seed Podspods, hairy