Lespedeza juncea (L.f.) Pers.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Basionym : Hedysarum junceum L.f.
  • Synonym(s) : Hallia juncea Otto ex Steud.; Onobrychis juncea (L.f.) Scop.; Trifolium hedysaroides Pall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lespedeza juncea (L.f.) Pers.
  • Common name : Rush Bush-Clover, Siberian Lespedeza
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bhaisaano (Nepali)
  • Habit : Undershrub or Shrub
  • Habitat : Mountain slopes, thickets and dry sandy banks, below 2500 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Leaves crowded; Flowers pale-purple; Pods small, sessile.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Amur, Bhutan, Buryatiya, China, Chita, India, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Primorye
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Amur, Bhutan, Buryatiya, China, Chita, India, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Primorye
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 108
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 682-683
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 214
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lespedeza juncea. Downloaded on 18 February 2025.

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