Legume ID?

[Post Oak]

What is this?

 

[dun]

Looks like alfalfa to me

 

[Post Oak]

That is what I thought. Alfalfa growing wild in South Carolina on a power line right of way where the soil is very acidic.

 

[dun]

If it's on a power line it could be about anything. Years ago the state spread crown vetch seed in places along some roads for erosion. This year I have about an acre of the stuff in a place that it's never been before.

 

[Nesikep]

as much as it does look like alfalfa, without a blossom it's hard to really say.. perhaps a sweet clover as well

 

[Post Oak]

Alfalfa and sweet clovers are not supposed to be growing in this part of the Southeast.

 

[Lucky_P]

Lespedeza bicolor, maybe?
Was once widely planted in places around the SE USA for quail habitat/feed.

 

[Nesikep]

Snail clover? Has a bit of a pineapple shaped yellow flower