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Learn more about Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoil from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Desmodium ciliare
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium ciliare +
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-013:
Desmodium ciliare
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Meibomia canescens
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoil, Littleleaf Tick-trefoil
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JK Marlow jkm0509d_35
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0509d_36b
September Greenville County SC
Petals pink to purplish, 3-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
Beggar's Lice (Tick-trefoil) species
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JK Marlow jkm140907_343
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Stem pilose but petioles well-developed ... D. ciliare x D. marilandicum?, per Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (Isely, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm140907_346347
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Probably D. ciliare x D. marilandicum.
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JK Marlow jkm140907_354b
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Probably D. ciliare x D. marilandicum.
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JK Marlow jkm160920_003
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160920_008
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190903_1145
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1286
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1289
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1290
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s050910_f
September Greenville County SC
Inflorescence usually paniculate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s050910_g
September Greenville County SC
Pedicels (2-)4-9mm long, each subtended by a secondary bract or bractlet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s050910_i
September Greenville County SC
Small blunt leaflets with petioles under 3/8", more or less soft-hairy, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow s051118_a
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s051118_b
November Greenville County SC
Loment of 1-2(-3) subovate segments, each 3.5-6mm long and 2.8-4mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
loments of Desmodium species