Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Desmodium laevigatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium laevigatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-26-017:
Desmodium laevigatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Meibomia laevigata
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Tick-trefoil
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mela8_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140724_086
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140724_088
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Terminal leaflets ovate to elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140724_091
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stems and leaves glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Desmodium species
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JK Marlow jkm140804_357
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaflets distinctly pale on the lower surface, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Beggar's Lice (Tick-trefoil) species
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JK Marlow jkm140804_359
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140822_964
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
The two fused petals of the keel enfold ten stamens and a pistil, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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JK Marlow jkm140822_964b
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
An insect's probing will snap down the keel, jerking the stamens loose, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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JK Marlow jkm140822_964c
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
The wing-petals trigger only once, and the flower dusts pollen only once, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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JK Marlow jkm140822_964d
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Petals 8-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140822_964e
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Calyx densely puberulent & 2-lipped, upper lip scarcely bifid, lower 3-dentate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140822_966
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_622
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Loment of 2-5 subrhombic segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180918_4795
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180918_4797
September Greenville County SC
Loment's upper sutures straight or slightly convex, lower abruptly angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
loments of Desmodium species
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JK Marlow jkm151006_341
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm151006_342
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail