Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) A.P. de Candolle ex Loudon. Common name: Large-bracted Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Aug; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Fields, woodlands, woodland borders, disturbed areas. Distribution: VT and MA west to MN, south to FL Panhandle and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, Fl3, FNA11.1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tn, Tx, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998); = Desmodium bracteosum DC. — Tat; > Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex Loudon var. cuspidatum — C, F, G, GrPl, Il, NS, SE3, Va; > Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex Loudon var. longifolium (Torr. & A.Gray) Schub. — C, F, G, GrPl, Il, NS, SE3; > Meibomia bracteosa (Michx.) Kuntze; > Meibomia bractiosa (Michx.) Kuntze — S13, orthographic variant; > Meibomia longifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) Vail — S13; Hedysarum cuspidatum Muhlenberg ex Willdenow. Basionym: Hedysarum cuspidatum Muhl. ex Willd. 1802
Links to other floras: = Desmodium cuspidatum - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of overgrown agricultural fields, rocky woodlands and woodland borders and other open, disturbed areas.
Stems: Stems 1-several from a crown, unbranched, smooth to slightly hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with lance-shaped stipules at the base, divided into 3 oval leaflets that are pointed at the tip, bright green above and paler beneath and mostly smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in sparse terminal racemes, pink, 1/4-1/2 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.
Fruits: Fruit a hairy, flattened pod with constrictions between 3-7 seeds and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.
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Height: 1-4 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of overgrown agricultural fields, rocky woodlands and woodland borders and other open, disturbed areas.
stems: Stems 1-several from a crown, unbranched, smooth to slightly hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with lance-shaped stipules at the base, divided into 3 oval leaflets that are pointed at the tip, bright green above and paler beneath and mostly smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in sparse terminal racemes, pink, 1/4-1/2 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.
fruits: Fruit a hairy, flattened pod with constrictions between 3-7 seeds and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.
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