Desmodium strictum (Pursh) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Pineland Tick-trefoil, Pinebarren Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jul-Aug; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands. Distribution: S. NJ south to s. FL, west to w. LA. All reports from TX are based n misidentifications.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl3, FNA11.1, G, K4, Mo3, NS, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Isely (1998); = Meibomia stricta (Pursh) Kuntze — S, S13; Hedysarum strictum Pursh. Basionym: Hedysarum strictum Pursh 1814
Links to other floras: = Desmodium strictum - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of sandhills and other dry woodlands such as turkey oak scrub.
Stems: Stems round or angled in cross-section, branched, smooth to minutely hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, divided into 3 thick-textured, linear leaflets that are 1-2 in. long each and sparsely hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a stiff terminal panicle composed of several ascending branches and covered with hooked hairs; purplish-pink; about 1/4 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the erect banner petal with 2 whitish patches near the base.
Fruits: Fruit a flattened pod divided into 1-4 u-shaped segments and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.
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Height: 1 1/2-3 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of sandhills and other dry woodlands such as turkey oak scrub.
stems: Stems round or angled in cross-section, branched, smooth to minutely hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, divided into 3 thick-textured, linear leaflets that are 1-2 in. long each and sparsely hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a stiff terminal panicle composed of several ascending branches and covered with hooked hairs; purplish-pink; about 1/4 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the erect banner petal with 2 whitish patches near the base.
fruits: Fruit a flattened pod divided into 1-4 u-shaped segments and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.
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