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Lespedexa bicolor
Shrub, 4 to 5 foot high, with many branches. Flowers on racemes that arise from leaf axil, with 10 or more flowers Flowers pea-shaped - about 0,5 inches long. Flowers on same bush may be white-to-light pink to pink-to-deep pink. Earlier flowers (included - second image) were lighter in color than these flowers which are much deeper pink. Leaves, compound with 3 leaflets, elliptical and ovate. Leaves on this bush were more elliptical than leaves on most bushes nearby; leaves on other bushes had more pointed tips.
Growing and blooming in sun and in deep shade in this area
Spotted on Jul 29, 2015
Submitted on Jul 30, 2015
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