Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lespedeza capitata Michx. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bush clover	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
dusty-clover	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
huvud-buskklöver	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lespedeza	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lespedeza capitata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
round-head bush-clover	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
round-head lespedeza	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
roundhead lespedeza	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aeschynomene frutescens Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 451 (1798).
Despeleza capitata (Michx.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 176 (1914).
Hedysarum conglomeratum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 416 (1805).
Hedysarum frutescens Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1193 (1803), nom. illeg.
Hedysarum umbellatum Walter Fl. Carol.: 184 (1788), sensu auct.
Lespedeza bicknellii House Torreya 5: 167 (1905).
Lespedeza capitata f. argentea Fernald Rhodora 43: 579 (1941).
Lespedeza capitata var. hirtiformis Fernald Rhodora 40: 437 (1938).
Lespedeza capitata var. sericea Hook. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 23 (1835).
Lespedeza capitata var. stenophylla Bissell & Fernald Rhodora 14: 92 (1912).
Lespedeza capitata var. typica Fernald Rhodora 43: 576 (1941), not validly publ.
Lespedeza capitata var. velutina Fernald Rhodora 10: 51 (1908).
Lespedeza capitata var. vulgaris Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 368 (1840).
Lespedeza fruticosa Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 318 (1807).
Lespedeza schindleri H.Lév. Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan: 159 (1916).
Lespedeza velutina E.P.Bicknell Torreya 1: 102 (1901), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lespedeza capitata	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Lespedeza capitata Michaux	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lespedeza capitata Michx.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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