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| Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
| Subfamily | Faboideae |
| Tribe | Desmodieae |
| Subtribe | Lespedezinae |
| Scientific name | Kummerowia striata (Thunberg) Schindler |
| Synonyms | Hedysarum striatum Thunberg; Kummerowia striata (Thunberg) Schindler var. kobe hort.; Lespedeza striata (Thunberg) Hooker & Arnot; Lespedeza striata (Thunberg) Hooker & Arnot var. kobe hort.; Microlespedeza striata (Thunberg) Makino |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) yahazu-sou (ヤハズソウ, 矢筈草 [meaning: feathers of arrow weed]) |
| (English common name) Japanese bush-clover, Japanese lespedeza, annual lespedeza, common lespedeza | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam | |
| Habitat | Field, roadside, riverside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=22 |
| Description | Plants 20-50cm tall. Leaves leaflets 10-17mm long, 3-7mm wide. Flowers pale purple ca. 5mm, calyx lobes ca. 3.5mm long, flowering in August to October. Annual plants. |
| Reference | Kummerowia striata (Thunb.) Schindl. |
| Composition for preventing and treating type I allergy (US Patent 7211567/2007) |
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