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Desmodium glabellum (Michaux) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Tall Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas. Distribution: ME west to WI and NE, south to n. peninsular FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See Thomas (2020) for a detailed discussion and reinterpretation of the taxonomy of Desmodium glabellum and D. perplexum.

Synonymy : = Ar, F, Fl3, Il, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, WV, Isely (1998), Thomas (2020); = n/a — Tat; < Desmodium glabellum (Michx.) DC. — C; < Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. var. dillenii (Darl.) Isely — W; < Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. var. paniculatum — FNA11.1, K4; ? Meibomia paniculata (L.) Kuntze — S; ? Meibomia pubens (Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb. — S; Hedysarum glabellum Michaux — (basionym)

Links to other floras: < Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum - FNA11.1

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native range
Erect to spreading perennial of various moist to dry habitats, including floodplain forests, open upland forests, woodlands, old fields, clearings and roadsides.
Stems 1-several from a crown, unbranched, covered in curly hairs.
Leaves alternate and on petioles with tiny, triangular stipules; divided into 3 oval to elliptic leaflets, each 1-2 in. long and darker and less hairy above and paler and more hairy beneath.
Flowers stalked and loosely arranged on spreading branches, purplish-pink, about 1/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.
Fruit a flattened pod with constrictions between 3-5 seeds, covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.
2-4 ft.
Erect to spreading perennial of various moist to dry habitats, including floodplain forests, open upland forests, woodlands, old fields, clearings and roadsides.
Stems 1-several from a crown, unbranched, covered in curly hairs.
Leaves alternate and on petioles with tiny, triangular stipules; divided into 3 oval to elliptic leaflets, each 1-2 in. long and darker and less hairy above and paler and more hairy beneath.
Flowers stalked and loosely arranged on spreading branches, purplish-pink, about 1/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.
Fruit a flattened pod with constrictions between 3-5 seeds, covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.


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