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Question: I posted a question earlier about a plant that I thought could be Roseroot. Looking carefully at the plant and …

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  I posted a question earlier about a plant that I thought could be Roseroot. Looking carefully at the plant and the flowers (photos were posted earlier), I think I was wrong and that the plant might be Narrow leafed bush clover, Lespedeza angustifolia. Close look at the fresh flowers, they seem to be cream colored and there are purple spots. And the fuzzy leaves seem to be in three leaflets when they are pulled away from the stalk. And it’s a local plant, not an unusual one. Carol Knox

  Answer

  Dear Carol, good morning again. You are in the correct genus, but Lespeza angustifolia has very narrow leaflets and typically occurs on coastal plain pond shores (i.e., in a specialized habitat). The plants are more likely Lespedeza capitata or a hybrid with that species. Best wishes.