Bush clover

Lespdeza

Location: Rokko alpine botanical garden
Location: East Gardens of th Imperial Palace
Location: Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens
Location: Illust:Yuki @Kagiken (Science&Technology Inst.co.,Tokyo )
Location: Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens
Location: Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens
Location: Rokko alpine botanical garden

Flower name
Bush clover
Scientific name
Lespdeza
Alias庭見草, 萩, Bush clover, ニワミグサ
Place of originEast Asia such as Japan, Korea and China
Place of floweringFields and footpaths
Flowering seasonJune, July, August, September, October

What is Bush clover

Birth flowers for Oct 1

Bush clover(scientific name:Lespdeza sp.) isd eciduous shrub of Fabaceae family , Lespedeza genus native to East Asia such as Japan, Korea and China.
It has grown from the manyo era, and selected one of the seven autumn flowers. It has wood base and rigid. The upper branches, sagging, many lip shaped like branches of legumes-Butterfly flower bloom. Coloration is purplish-red or white. The leaves are 3 out and neither in a biplane.

Common name: Bush clover,
scientific name Lespdeza sp.
also known as : Bush clover (Bush clover)
origin: Japan, Korea, China and East Asia, height: 150-250 cm, flowering time: June-October, flower colors: purple and white