Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium marilandicum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium marilandicum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Desmodium marilandicum var. marilandicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium marilandicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-014:
Desmodium marilandicum FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia marilandica
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoil, Maryland Tick-trefoil
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1305
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
A smooth plant with long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
Beggar's Lice (Tick-trefoil) species
JK Marlow jkm190905_1308
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Corolla about 5mm long, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).
JK Marlow s081012_d2
October Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Loment - upper slightly convex to almost straight, broadly rounded below, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
loments of Desmodium species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium marilandicum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium marilandicum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Desmodium marilandicum var. marilandicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium marilandicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-014:
Desmodium marilandicum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia marilandica