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Taxon:  Kummerowia striata (Thunb.) Schindl.



Summary
Genus:
Kummerowia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Desmodieae
Subtribe:
Lespedezinae
Nomen number:
21266
Place of publication:
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10:403. 1912
Verified:
03/16/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10 (10  active, 5  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hedysarum striatum Thunb.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) Hook. & Arn.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Kummerowia striata (Thunb.) Schindl. var. kobe hort.
Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) Hook. & Arn. var. kobe hort.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  3. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
  4. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
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  6. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
  7. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. 1987
  8. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
  9. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). 1977-1982
  10. Kitagawa, M. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. 1979
  11. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  12. Li, H. L. et al., eds. Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979
  13. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  14. Ohashi, H. et al. 1981. Tribe 9. Desmodieae (Benth.) Hutch. Advances in legume systematics. 1981- 1:300.
  15. Ohashi, H. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Japan, Taiwan data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  16. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
  17. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
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  21. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
English
annual lespedeza –
common lespedeza –
Japanese bush-clover –
Japanese lespedeza –
Japanese-clover –
striate lespedeza –
Italian
lespedeza del Giappone –
Japanese Rōmaji
yahazu-sō –
Swedish
japansk buskklöver –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationSakhalin 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
4Naturalized     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan, Taiwan
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Animal foodforage Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Environmentalerosion control Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Medicinesfolklore Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Weedpotential seed contaminant Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21266. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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