Desmodium ciliare (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) A.P. de Candolle. Phenology: Jun-Oct; Aug-Nov. Habitat: Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas. Distribution: MA west to IN, MO, and se. KS, south to s. FL and TX; also in Cuba.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, C, Fl3, G, GrPl, Il, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998); = Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. var. ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) H.Ohashi — Can, FNA11.1, K4, Ohashi (2013); = Meibomia ciliaris (Muhl. ex Willd.) Blake — S; > Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. var. ciliare — F, NS; > Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. var. lancifolium Fernald — F, NS; Hedysarum ciliare Muhlenberg ex Willdenow. Basionym: Hedysarum ciliare Muhl. ex Willd. 1802
Links to other floras: = Desmodium marilandicum var. ciliare - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of agricultural fields, dry woodland borders and disturbed, open areas.
Stems: Stems 1-several from a crown, branched in inflorescence, densely rough-hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with short, narrow stipules; divided into 3 densely furry, oval to elliptic leaflets, each to 1 1/4 in. long.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers long-stalked and loosely arranged on spreading branches, pinkish-purple, less than 1/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the erect "banner" petal bearing 2 green or yellow patches at the base.
Fruits: Fruit a hairy, flattened pod with constrictions between 1-3 seeds.
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Height: 1-5 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of agricultural fields, dry woodland borders and disturbed, open areas.
stems: Stems 1-several from a crown, branched in inflorescence, densely rough-hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with short, narrow stipules; divided into 3 densely furry, oval to elliptic leaflets, each to 1 1/4 in. long.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers long-stalked and loosely arranged on spreading branches, pinkish-purple, less than 1/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the erect "banner" petal bearing 2 green or yellow patches at the base.
fruits: Fruit a hairy, flattened pod with constrictions between 1-3 seeds.
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