Roundhead Lespedeza
Lespedeza capitata
Roundhead lespedeza is an upright prairie legume with silvery leaves and dense cream flower heads ripening to persistent rusty seed clusters, a nitrogen-fixing native that feeds pollinators and provides winter seed for birds. The leaves have been boiled into a tea.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, mammals, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV