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Violet bush-clover
(Lespedeza violacea)
aka wand bush-clover. Taxonomy on this species varies among differing sources; see also
V. frutescens
and
V. intermedia
. This one- to three-foot native is smooth, with oval (not linear) leaves, and pink-purple flowers. MC (Fabaceae)