Lespedeza bicolor

Lespedeza bicolor
Family: Faboideae / Leguminosae / Papilionaceae
Indigo Pea
Origin: Korea and China ...

bicolor lespedeza, shrubby bush-clover Lespedeza bicolor
bigarade; sour orange; Seville orange Citrus aurantium
bighead knapweed Centaurea macrocephala
bigleaf periwinkle Vinca major
bilobed speedwell; two-lobe speedwell Veronica biloba ...

Shrub Bush Clover [English]: Lespedeza bicolor
Shrub Bush Clover [English]: Lespedeza bicolor 'Yakushima'
Shrub Bush Clover [English]: Lespedeza bicolor 'Summer Beauty'
Shrub Gilia [English]: Ipomopsis congesta frutescens ...

It is the name by which the beautiful Lespedeza bicolor is generally known. It is a slender shrub, graceful when in flower, 6 feet or more in height, bearing drooping racemes of small Pea-shaped flowers of a carminepurple color. China and Japan.

See also: Lespedeza, May, Willow, Cypress, Asclepias