Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lespedeza bicolor, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced11 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded10 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Turcz.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 69 (1840)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1840	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Shrubby lespedeza	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SE. Siberia to Japan	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	244 cm	243.84 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92, 214, 236, 251, 873	Differs from sources
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 918	Sourced
Flower color	purple	purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Foliage color	green	green, grey · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 33 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 236, 443, 879	Differs from sources
Foliage texture	coarse	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 236, 443, 879	Differs from sources
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Multiple Stem	Multiple Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb, Subshrub	Forb/herb, Subshrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 38 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 110, 236, 443, 879, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5.8	pH 5.8 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	41 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	17.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 307, 412	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	animal_food, human_food, medical, other, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Lespedeza bicolor Turcz., 1840 39% complete

Shrubby lespedeza

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