Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lespedeza capitata, 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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Sourced7 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded15 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Michx.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 71 (1803)	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	1803	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Round-head bush-clover	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	NC. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	88 cm	87.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 54 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 7, 28, 66, 92, 335, 415, 664, 853, 866, 925	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 222 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 925	Sourced
Flower color	empty	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Multiple Stem	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Slow	Slow · 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
Bloom months	jul, aug	jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 53 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 163, 415	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 231 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 7, 92, 110, 432, 460, 818, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 32 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 92, 96, 130, 444, 445, 822	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8.2	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 5.7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	239 cm	239 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	24 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 70, 412, 570	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	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 capitata Michx., 1803 37% complete

Round-head bush-clover

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