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Desmodium viridiflorum (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Velvety Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Woodland borders, oak and pine woodlands, disturbed areas. Distribution: NJ and DE south to c. peninsular FL, west to TX, and inland to w. VA, w. NC, n. TN, and AR.

ID notes: This robust species is strongly uncinate-puberulent on the upper leaf surfaces, stems, and inflorescence axes.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy : = Ar, F, Fl3, FNA11.1, Il, K4, Mo3, NcTx, NS, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Isely (1998); < Desmodium viridiflorum (L.) DC. — C, G, Tat; < Meibomia viridiflora (L.) Kuntze — S, S13; Hedysarum viridiflorum Linnaeus — (basionym)

Links to other floras: = Desmodium viridiflorum - FNA11.1

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native range
Erect to ascending perennial of fields, woodland borders and disturbed areas.
Stems ridged and grooved, unbranched, generally covered with hooked hairs.
Leaves alternate; petiolate; divided into 3 thick-textured, oval to diamond-shaped leaflets, the terminal one slightly larger; sparsely short-hairy above and densely long-hairy beneath.
Flowers in a densely hairy, wide-branching terminal panicle; pink to rose (turning green); about 1/4 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the erect banner petal with 2 greenish-white patches at the base.
Fruit a flattened pod divided into 3-6 nearly diamond-shaped segments and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.
2-5 ft.
Erect to ascending perennial of fields, woodland borders and disturbed areas.
Stems ridged and grooved, unbranched, generally covered with hooked hairs.
Leaves alternate; petiolate; divided into 3 thick-textured, oval to diamond-shaped leaflets, the terminal one slightly larger; sparsely short-hairy above and densely long-hairy beneath.
Flowers in a densely hairy, wide-branching terminal panicle; pink to rose (turning green); about 1/4 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the erect banner petal with 2 greenish-white patches at the base.
Fruit a flattened pod divided into 3-6 nearly diamond-shaped segments and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.


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