Kummerowia

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Kummerowia striata syn lespedeza striata.jpg

|image_caption = Kummerowia striata

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Kummerowia

|authority = Schindl. (1912)

|type_species = Kummerowia striata

|type_species_authority = (Thunb.) Schindl.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 2, see text

|synonyms =

• Lespedeza subg. Microlespedeza Maximowicz 1873
• Microlespedeza Makino (1914)

}}

Kummerowia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species native to eastern Asia, ranging from the Russian Far East through China and Japan to Vietnam and Laos.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294687-2 Kummerowia Schindl.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023. The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. These plants were formerly in genus Lespedeza.Gucker, C. L. 2010. [http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/forb/kumspp/all.html Kummerowia stipulacea, K. striata.] In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Accessed 19 June 2013.

Species:

• Kummerowia stipulacea {{small|(Maxim.) Makino}} - Korean bushclover
• Kummerowia striata {{small|(Thunb.) Schindl.}} - Japanese bushclover