Plant is an upright, smooth to slightly hairy perennial. Preferred habitat is roadsides, fields and open woods. Distri-
bution is throughout the Escambia region.

Leaves are alternate on the stem; trifoliate (sets of three); leaflets linear to oblong; no teeth and no lobes.

Flowers are in a raceme in the leaf axil. Calyx is five lobed; five petals that are
reddish purple or purple. Flowering season occurs in the summer.

Fruit is a legume.

The related Bush Lespedeza is similar except the calyx is yellow with a purple spot.