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Desmodium

not marked as a favorite taxon Desmodium fernaldii B.G. Schubert. Common name: Fernald's Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods, other dry sandy habitats, basic mesic forest, woodland borders. Distribution: E. MD south to s. SC (and maybe e. GA and n. FL); Isely (1998) states that reports from the Gulf Coast are based on "glabrate forms of D. glabellum", and also suggests that D. fernaldii is only weakly differentiated from D. glabellum.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl3, G, Il, NS, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Isely (1998); = Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. var. fernaldii (B.G.Schub.) H.Ohashi — FNA11.1, K4, Ohashi (2013); = n/a — Tat; < Meibomia rhombifolia Vail — S, S13. Basionym: Desmodium fernaldii B.G.Schub. 1950

Links to other floras: = Desmodium paniculatum var. fernaldii - FNA11.1

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