Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lespedeza > Lespedeza virgata

Lespedeza virgata (wand lespedeza)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Frost Free Days [1]  4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Fall
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Winter
Growth Form [1]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [1]  Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Slow
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Moderate
Root Depth [1]  8 inches (20 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Seeds Per [1]  76000 / lb (167551 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Irregular
Structure [2]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Flower Color [1]  Purple
Foliage Color [1]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [1]  Black
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous

Predators

Eurema hecabe (Common grass yellow)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0