OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium ciliare var. ciliare   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-013:

Desmodium ciliare   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoil, Littleleaf Tick-trefoil


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Desmodium ciliare   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium ciliare var. ciliare   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-013:
Desmodium ciliare   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

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1885

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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 terminal panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Loment with 1-3 rounded segments

 

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