Purple flower – need ID | Walter Reeves: The Georgia Gardener

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we were told this was a Cleome but it didn’t look like the pictures i found of Cleomes. can you help me ID this flower? thanks

laura735 Master Identifier says:

Maybe a cultivar in the bush clover genus (Lespedeza). I can’t tell which one this is. Check out Lespedeza thunbergii’Gilbatar’ from this included link below, click on images to enlarge. Best wishes! http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d760

September 12th, 2018 at 5:04pm

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