Desmodium marilandicum (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Maryland Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas. Distribution: MA west to MI and MO, south to n. peninsular FL and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl3, G, GrPl, Il, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998); = Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. var. marilandicum — Can, FNA11.1, K4, Ohashi (2013); = Meibomia marilandica (L.) Kuntze — S; = Meibomia marylandica (L.) Kuntze — S13; > Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. — NSProv; > Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. var. lancifolium (Fernald & B.G.Schub.) H.Ohashi — NSProv; Hedysarum marilandicum Linnaeus. Basionym: Hedysarum marilandicum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Desmodium marilandicum var. marilandicum - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of dry open forests, woodlands, clearings, old fields and roadsides.
Stems: Stems unbranched, smooth or sparsely hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate; on long petioles with short, linear stipules at the base; divided into 3 oval to nearly round leaflets, each 1/2-1 1/2 in. long and darker green and smooth above and pale and mostly smooth beneath.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers on long stalks in loose racemes, pink, 1/4 in. 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: 2-4 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of dry open forests, woodlands, clearings, old fields and roadsides.
stems: Stems unbranched, smooth or sparsely hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate; on long petioles with short, linear stipules at the base; divided into 3 oval to nearly round leaflets, each 1/2-1 1/2 in. long and darker green and smooth above and pale and mostly smooth beneath.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers on long stalks in loose racemes, pink, 1/4 in. 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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