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Desmodium obtusum (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Stiff Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and dry pine flatwoods, other dry pine woodlands, fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas. Distribution: MA west to s. MI, south to Panhandle FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl3, GrPl, Il, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Isely (1998); = Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. var. lancifolium (Fernald & B.G.Schub.) H.Ohashi — FNA11.1, K4, Ohashi (2013); = Desmodium rigidum (Elliott) DC. — C, G, WV; = Meibomia rigida (Elliott) Kuntze — S; > Desmodium rigidum (Elliott) DC. — F, Tat; > Meibomia obtusa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Vail — S13; > Meibomia rigida (Elliott) Kuntze — S13; Hedysarum obtusum Muhlenberg ex Willdenow. Basionym: Hedysarum obtusum Muhl. ex Willd. 1802

Links to other floras: = Desmodium marilandicum var. lancifolium - FNA11.1

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