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§1 Plant

Kummerowia striata (Thunb.) Schindl.

vernacular Japanese clover — species · Fabaceae


USDA
KUST2
GBIF
5352523
Rank
species
Japanese clover (Kummerowia striata)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Kummerowia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 556 counties across 21 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 556 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
8 °F minimum
Frost-free days
160 min.
Precipitation
30–65 in/yr
pH range
4.9–7.3
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
1.3 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Black
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
Medium
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
340,240
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 556 counties across 21 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 7 I
Arkansas view state ↗ 42 I
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I
Florida view state ↗ 42 I
Georgia view state ↗ 28 I
Illinois view state ↗ 38 I
Indiana view state ↗ 21 I
Kansas view state ↗ 16 I
Kentucky view state ↗ 37 I
Louisiana view state ↗ 49 I
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 I
Mississippi view state ↗ 25 I
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 I
New York view state ↗ 5 I
North Carolina view state ↗ 68 I
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 17 I
South Carolina view state ↗ 31 I
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 I
Virginia view state ↗ 70 I
West Virginia view state ↗ 17 I

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/KUST2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5352523 ↗

Record version

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