NameThatPlant.net: Desmodium cuspidatum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Desmodium cuspidatum FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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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)

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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

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