...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium nudiflorum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-26-001:
Desmodium nudiflorum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Meibomia nudiflora
COMMON NAME:
Naked Tick-trefoil, Naked-flowered Tick Trefoil, Woodland Tick-trefoil
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_menu2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060506_027
May Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
Leaflets ovate to obovate, to 4" long, crowded at top of the sterile branch, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
leaves of Desmodium species
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JK Marlow jkm0507j_27
July Greenville County SC
Wildcat Falls Wayside Park
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JK Marlow jkm120727_942
July Spartanburg County SC
Flowers of the Bean Family are of a unique form known as "papilionaceous", per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Tim Spira tps_dnudiflorum2
July
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Tim Spira tps_dnudiflorum4
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_nudiflorum_s
September
Rose-purple, pea-like flowers in a loose raceme on a leafless scape, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
Beggar's Lice (Tick-trefoil) species
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdnudiflorum_home
Month Unknown Anderson County SC
Fertile stems to about 30" tall, typically erect at first, leaning with age, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdnudiflorum_home2
Month Unknown Anderson County SC
Stem forked at base: sterile branch to 12" tall and leafless scape to 40", per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdnudiflorum_homeb
Month Unknown Anderson County SC
Legume (loment) straight across one edge and scalloped along the other, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
loments of Desmodium species