Prairie Bush Clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)

Picture of a Prairie Bush Clover

Synonym:

Status: endangered in Wisconsin; threatened in U.S.

Habitat Description: dry sandy prairies

Habitat Classification
WI NHI: Dry Prairie, Dry-Mesic Prairie, Mesic Prairie, and Sand Prairie
Curtis: Dry Prairie, Dry-Mesic Prairie, Mesic Prairie, and Sand Prairie
Kotar:
Forest Cover:

Range: Dane, Grant, Iowa, La Crosse, Pepin, Pierce, Racine, Rock, and Sauk

Comments:

Phenology: flowers in July and August

Field Guides:
Britton and Brown, p.2:436/p.2:436
Gleason 1963, p.415
Gleason 1991, p.298

Last Revised: June 12, 2006