Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Roundleaf Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Aug; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands. Distribution: VT and MA west to s. MI, south to ne. FL, Panhandle FL, LA, and MO.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl3, FNA11.1, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998); = Meibomia michauxii Vail — S, S13; = Meibomia rotundifolia (DC.) Kuntze. Basionym: Desmodium rotundifolium DC. 1825 "Urbasionym:" Hedysarum rotundifolium Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Desmodium rotundifolium - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Prostrate, mat-forming perennial of dry forests and woodlands.
Stems: Stems trailing across the ground, densely furry.
Leaves: Leaves alternate and lying flat on ground; on petioles with oval stipules at their base; divided into 3 round leaflets with hair on both surfaces, the terminal leaflet to about 2 in. long.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in branching, usually axillary racemes; dark pink to purplish; less than 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the banner petal with maroon markings at the base.
Fruits: Fruit a flattened pod divided into 3-6 nearly diamond-shaped segments and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.
Comments:
Height: 1 1/2-5 ft. long
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description: Prostrate, mat-forming perennial of dry forests and woodlands.
stems: Stems trailing across the ground, densely furry.
leaves: Leaves alternate and lying flat on ground; on petioles with oval stipules at their base; divided into 3 round leaflets with hair on both surfaces, the terminal leaflet to about 2 in. long.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in branching, usually axillary racemes; dark pink to purplish; less than 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the banner petal with maroon markings at the base.
fruits: 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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