There are large and small forms, and a bicolor variety seems to have been known long ago.
It differs from C. bicolor in having an upright raceme, which is an unusual characteristic in this section of the genus.
Similarly, when white Emily Henderson (long pollen grains) is crossed with white Emily Henderson (round pollen grains), the offspring wholly consists of the reversionary purple type, and sometimes wholly of a red bicolor form known as "Painted Lady."
Nearly all the golden kinds are robust and easily grown, and the bicolor group are even more so, but, speaking broadly, the delicate sulphur and white sorts are tender and unsatisfactory, except on the most favourable soils.
It is the name by which the beautiful Lespedeza bicolor is generally known.