^ That's very interesting, Enki Gnemo, because I too have felt a distinct call from this plant...
A couple years ago I was hiking through a small state park/reservation in Missouri and happened upon a small patch of this plant. It was not in bloom, I'd never seen it before, and had no idea what it was. But I felt very clearly that it was calling my attention to it - I don't think I've felt anything so unambiguous from any other living plant...
Once back home, I was able to identify it rather quickly as a species of Lespedeza, which I'd never heard of. A little more probing revealed the presence, in certain species, of 5-meo-dmt and strange things like lespedamin! Of course, it all made sense now!
The next year I went back, and not only had the Lespedeza proliferated, but it was in blossom, pink & white, so it seems probable that it could be L. bicolor.
Interestingly, there seemed to be a genetic variant growing amongst the 'standard' Lespedeza - maybe ~10% of the plants had very thin 'linear' leaves instead of oval 'elliptic' ones.
I have not yet harvested any plant material, as I suspect that anything worthwhile is concentrated in the roots, and don't wish to disturb the healthy forest community in which I found them.
It certainly seems to be a plant worthy of further investigation, if only for the strength of its call! :shock:
A couple years ago I was hiking through a small state park/reservation in Missouri and happened upon a small patch of this plant. It was not in bloom, I'd never seen it before, and had no idea what it was. But I felt very clearly that it was calling my attention to it - I don't think I've felt anything so unambiguous from any other living plant...
Once back home, I was able to identify it rather quickly as a species of Lespedeza, which I'd never heard of. A little more probing revealed the presence, in certain species, of 5-meo-dmt and strange things like lespedamin! Of course, it all made sense now!
The next year I went back, and not only had the Lespedeza proliferated, but it was in blossom, pink & white, so it seems probable that it could be L. bicolor.
Interestingly, there seemed to be a genetic variant growing amongst the 'standard' Lespedeza - maybe ~10% of the plants had very thin 'linear' leaves instead of oval 'elliptic' ones.
I have not yet harvested any plant material, as I suspect that anything worthwhile is concentrated in the roots, and don't wish to disturb the healthy forest community in which I found them.
It certainly seems to be a plant worthy of further investigation, if only for the strength of its call! :shock: