Fasciation in Lespedeza Sieboldii Miq. 

 Edna L. Johnson 



Lespedeza Sieboldii Miq., commonly known as bush clover, 

 is a graceful ornamental shrub or undershrub which has been 

 introduced into this country from Japan. Each year strong wiry 

 shoots are sent up from the crown. It blooms profusely from 



Normal and fasciated shoots of Lespedeza Sieboldii Miq. 

 The fasciated stems (right) bear irregularly placed, short-petioled leaves 

 which are smaller and more numerous than those on the normal stem. The in- 

 florescences on the flattened shoots are increased in number, crowded, and 

 lack the normal alternate arrangement. (Some inflorescences and leaves were 

 removed at various places to give a better view of the flattened stems.) The 

 small split-off section of the left abnormal stem shows spiral torsion as did 

 several branches not photographed. 



August to October in this latitude and is prized for its abundant 

 late rose-purple flowers which droop in numerous long racemes. 



