Desmodium sessilifolium Torrey & A. Gray. Common name: Sessile-leaf Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jul-Aug; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Dry woodlands. Distribution: RI west to s. MI and KS, south to NC, Panhandle FL, MS, and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, Fl3, FNA11.1, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NS, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Isely (1998); = Meibomia sessilifolia (Torr.) Kuntze — S, S13. Basionym: Desmodium sessilifolium Torr. & A.Gray 1840
Links to other floras: = Desmodium sessilifolium - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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