Description: Prostrate, decumbent or twining annual herbs; stems appressed-hairy.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate or oblong, apex obtuse, ± mucronate; stipules present.
Flower usually solitary, or 1–3 in leaf axils. Calyx short, teeth equal to tube. Corolla pink, mauve or red-purple.
Pods ± circular.
Distribution and occurrence: A genus of 2 species native to SE Asia to eastern Russia. 1 species naturalized in eastern Australia.
Previously included in Lespedeza.
Text by R.L. Barrett, March 2025
Taxon concept:
| One species in NSW: Kummerowia striata |
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