| Scientific Name: | Lespedeza thunbergii |
| Common Name: | purple bush clover |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Open, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Aquatic - ponds, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Summer interest, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Pubescent, Trifoliate (ternate), Elliptic, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Purple, Pink, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Legume, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Long, leggy, arching bush; leaves alternate, trifoliate, leaflet blades elliptic; most 2-8cm long x 1-4cm wide, petiolules 0.5-3cm long; flowers pea-like, purple-pink. | |