Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Desmodium cuspidatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Desmodium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11 (2023)
Desmodium cuspidatum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Desmodium cuspidatum var. longifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium cuspidatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-007:
Desmodium cuspidatum FAMILY Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Long-bracted Tick-trefoil, Toothed Tick-trefoil, Largebract Tick-trefoil
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Desmodium cuspidatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11
Desmodium cuspidatum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Desmodium cuspidatum var. longifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium cuspidatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-007:
Desmodium cuspidatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
3263
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, woodlands, woodland borders, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Rose-purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers in terminal panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Loment with 4 or more angular segments
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p333
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p082
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