I am so glad that I found people who can help with this picture taken on May 25, 2009 in Tokyo. Unfortunately I have just one and no close up pictures. It is a tree of Fabacea family, in full bloom, quite rare for Japan, I saw that tree just once even I used to walk a lot around the city. Leaves are confusing, simple or three leaflets, I am not sure. I was thinking about Indigofera, but it doesn't suit any of what I found. I want to know just general name, very hard to identify with one small image.
Looks like Lespedeza sp. Lespedeza bicolor? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lespedeza_ja02.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lespedeza http://www.missouribotanicalgarden..../plant-details/kc/x220/lespedeza-bicolor.aspx
As far as I know, lespedeza is always blooming in September-October, it is one of seven famous Japanese flowers in fall and it is a bush, not tree. But thank you, I never looked this way, it reminds me lespedeza. Do we know any blooming at the beginning of summer?
Your pic appears to be inside. This will affect flowering maybe. A large bush could equally be called a small tree! Where does one become the other.
I remember, this is outside. Sunny and beautiful day and some special tree caught my attention. It is on the street on left bank of Sumida river. Lespedeza is dying for winter and starts to grow again, why it blooms in fall.
