Japanese name: ネコハギ（猫萩） Scientific name:Lespedeza pilosa var. pilosa
[Overview]
A perennial often seen in sunny, dry grasslands and by roadsides.
It tends to be found in grasslands made up of grasses (Poaceae).
The whole plant is covered with many soft hairs.
The stem is slender, creeps along the ground, and can reach 1 m in length.
The leaves are alternate and trifoliate; the terminal leaflet is obovate to round, 1–2 cm long and 0.8–1.5 cm wide, and the tip is often slightly notched.
Several flowers are borne at the leaf axils, and the inflorescence is shorter than the leaves.
The flowers are white pea-shaped flowers 0.7–0.8 cm long, with a reddish purple pattern at the base of the standard petal.
One to three cleistogamous flowers are borne at the upper leaf axils of the stem.
The fruit is a broadly ovate loment.
