Desmodium lineatum A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Matted Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and other dry forests and woodlands. Distribution: Se. MD south to n. peninsular FL, west to TX, rarely inland; reported for NLE (Villaseñor 2016).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl3, FNA11.1, G, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998); = Meibomia arenicola Vail — S13; > Meibomia arenicola Vail — S; > Meibomia polymorpha (A.Gray) Small — S. Basionym: Desmodium lineatum DC. 1825
Links to other floras: = Desmodium lineatum - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Mat-forming perennial of sandhills and other dry forests and woodlands, clearings and roadsides.
Stems: Stems prostrate, branched, marked with lines and usually densely furry.
Leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with short, lance-shaped stipules; divided into 3 broadly oval to rounded leaflets with hairy margins but mostly smooth surfaces.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in lax, terminal and upper axillary panicles covered with hooked hairs; purple to reddish-purple; 1/4 in. or less long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.
Fruits: Fruit a flattened pod with constrictions between 2-4 seeds, covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.
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Height: 20-27 in.
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description: Mat-forming perennial of sandhills and other dry forests and woodlands, clearings and roadsides.
stems: Stems prostrate, branched, marked with lines and usually densely furry.
leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with short, lance-shaped stipules; divided into 3 broadly oval to rounded leaflets with hairy margins but mostly smooth surfaces.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in lax, terminal and upper axillary panicles covered with hooked hairs; purple to reddish-purple; 1/4 in. or less long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.
fruits: Fruit a flattened pod with constrictions between 2-4 seeds, covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.
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