Fabaceae FAMILY

Lespedeza juncea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lespedeza juncea is a perennial plant with erect, branched stems that can become more or less woody and persist; it can grow up to 100cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is grown as a green manure to protect the soil and rebuild fertility.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Russia (Eastern Siberia, Far East), Mongolia, northern China, Japan, Korea, Himalayas from Afghanistan to NE India

HabitatOpen or sparsely shrubby and herbaceous dry slopes with gravelly soil, riverbanks, sandy-clayey and sandy alluvial soils, rarely in dry oak groves[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Mountain slopes and thickets; at elevations up to 1,500 metres in China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].