Index / Search / Lespedeza hirta
§1 Plant
Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem.
vernacular hairy lespedeza — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Lespedeza
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 873 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–6.9
- Root depth
- 9 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- Medium
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Winter
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 175,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 873 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Gordon 13129
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Jefferson 13163
- Lincoln 13181
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Rabun 13241
- Stephens 13257
- Sumter 13261
- Taylor 13269
- Toombs 13279
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
Illinois view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- Massac 17127
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Franklin 18047
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- White 18181
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Eaton 26045
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Livingston 26093
- Mecosta 26107
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ottawa 26139
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 82 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Carroll 39019
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Camp 48063
- Cass 48067
- Cherokee 48073
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Fayette 48149
- Freestone 48161
- Grayson 48181
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Leon 48289
- Madison 48313
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- Titus 48449
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Wood 48499
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- Mason 54053
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tyler 54095
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEHI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2955750 ↗Record version
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