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Desmodium strictum (Pursh) A.P. de Candolle. Pineland Tick-trefoil, Pinebarren Tick-trefoil. Phen: Jul-Aug; Aug-Oct. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands. Dist: S. NJ south to s. FL, west to w. LA and ne. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl3, FNA11.1, G, K1, K3, K4, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Isely (1998); = Meibomia stricta (Pursh) Kuntze – S, S13

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

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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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