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Lespedeza stipulacea

Authority Maxim. Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae Synonyms Common names Editor Ecocrop code 7254

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A fine-stemmed, often branched, leafy, herbaceous legume with pink to purple flowers and a shallow root system. USES It is grown for forage, hay, green manure, soil improvement, erosion control, and as a cover crop. GROWING PERIOD Annual. Sown in February-March, it flowers in August-October and provides forage from June until frost. COMMON NAMES Korean clover, Korean lespedeza. FURTHER INF Korean clover is native of eastern Asia, Northern China and Korea. It remains vegetative under long-day conditions and flower with shorter daylengths.
Sources
SOURCES (L. stipulacea Maxim.) Hartmann T 1981 pp 522-525 [USE] Duke J 1975 pp 19 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Roecklein J 1987 pp 75 [USE] Duke J 1981 pp 116-118 [TEXT, FER, DRA, RAIN, TEMP, PH] Heath M 1985 pp 132-134 [PHO, KTMP, DEP, PH, FER, DRA] Ahlgren G 1956 pp 124-132 [FER, PH, PHO, USE]