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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium fernaldii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium fernaldii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Desmodium paniculatum var. fernaldii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium fernaldii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-021:
Desmodium fernaldii FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia rhombifolia
COMMON NAME:
Fernald's Tick-trefoil
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium fernaldii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium fernaldii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Desmodium paniculatum var. fernaldii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium fernaldii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-021:
Desmodium fernaldii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia rhombifolia
3708
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods, other dry sandy habitats, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rose-purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers in panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Loment with (1-)2-4(5) deltoid to rhombic segments
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