Fabaceae FAMILY

Lespedeza capitata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lespedeza capitata is an erect, herbaceous perennial plant producing a cluster of stems usualy 60 - 120cm tall, occasionally reaching 150cm[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local and commercial use as a medicine and local use as a tea, and also for use as an ingredient in cosmetics. It is grown in soil conservation programmes and is also sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern and central N. America - South Dakota through southern Ontario to Maine, south to Texas and northern Florida

HabitatDry fields[ 222 Title A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Publication Author Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. Year 1990 ISBN 0395467225 Description A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties. ]. Sandy open woods or open ground in Texas[ 274 Title Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas Publication Author Diggs, Jnr. G.M.; Lipscomb. B. L. & O'Kennon. R. J Website http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/NCTXpdf.htm Publisher Botanical Research Institute, Texas. Year 1999 ISBN 1-889878-01-4 Description An excellent flora, which is also available on-line. ]. Upland woods, thickets and prairies, on glades and along streams, railroads and roadsides[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ].