Your search found 19 image(s) of leaves of Desmodium species.
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Naked Tick-trefoil,
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
Leaflets ovate to obovate, to 4" long, crowded at top of the sterile branch, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Heartleaf Tick-trefoil,
Hylodesmum glutinosum
Leaves subverticillate, clustered; leaflets conspicuously & strongly acuminate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Roundleaf Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium rotundifolium
A prostrate plant with stems to 5' long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Roundleaf Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium rotundifolium
Unique in that its leaflets are nearly round, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Roundleaf Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium rotundifolium
Leaflets 1-4cm long & wide. Stipules persistent, ovate, & clasping the stem, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Hoary Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium canescens
Petiole much longer than stalk of terminal leaflet, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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dixie tick-trefoil,
Desmodium tortuosum
Stipules and stipels persistent. Leaflets often more than 2x long as wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Hairy Small-leaved Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium ciliare
Small blunt leaflets with petioles under 3/8", more or less soft-hairy, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Maryland Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium marilandicum
A smooth plant with long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Panicled Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
Leaflets usually 3-8x longer than wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Panicled Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
The southern mtns' only Desmodium with narrow leaflets, 1/4 wide as long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Panicled Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
The inflorescence is a large, widely branched panicle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Smooth Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium laevigatum
Stems and leaves glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
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Smooth Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium laevigatum
Leaflets distinctly pale on the lower surface, per Weakley's Flora.
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Velvety Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium viridiflorum
Leaflets densely velvety spreading-villous below especially along the veins, per Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (Isely, 1998).
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Velvety Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium viridiflorum
Terminal leaflet rhombic or deltoid, 3.5-11cm long; stipels persistent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Nuttall's Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium nuttallii
This and D. viridiflorum are the velvety-pubescent eastern species, per Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (Isely, 1998).
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Dillen's Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium glabellum
Terminal leaflet usually 4/5 - 2/3 as wide as long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.