29 results More search options

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Fabaceae	Desmodium ×humifusum	Ground-spreading Tick-trefoil	Dry, sandy soils.	MA (NS?) south to MD and DC (and possibly VA).
Fabaceae	Desmodium canadense	Showy Tick-trefoil, Canadian Tick-trefoil	Marl marshes, Thuja swamps, springs, seeps, hay meadows, streambanks, prairies, usually associated with calcareous substrates.	QC and NS west to AB, south to n. VA, sw. VA, c. WV, MO, and OK. Small (1933) reports this species for NC; no documentation has been seen.
Fabaceae	Desmodium canescens	Hoary Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	MA west to WI and NE, south to n. peninsular FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium ciliare		Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	MA west to IN, MO, and se. KS, south to s. FL and TX; also in Cuba.
Fabaceae	Desmodium cuspidatum	Large-bracted Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodlands, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	VT and MA west to MN, south to FL Panhandle and e. TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium fernaldii	Fernald's Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods, other dry sandy habitats, basic mesic forest, woodland borders.	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.
Fabaceae	Desmodium floridanum	Florida Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy habitats.	Se. SC south to s. FL.
Fabaceae	Desmodium glabellum	Tall Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	ME west to WI and NE, south to n. peninsular FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium illinoense	Illinois Tick-trefoil	Prairies, roadsides.	OH, s. MI, s. WI, s. MN, se. SD, and c. NE south to s. OH, s. IL, se. MO, n. AR, s. OK, and n. TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium incanum	Zarzabacoa Tick-trefoil, Zarzabacoa común, Amor Seco, Empanadilla	Lawns, disturbed areas; presumably introduced or adventive from tropical America.	A pantropical weedy species. Becoming common in s. AL (Dauphin Island (Barger et al. 2012).
Fabaceae	Desmodium laevigatum	Smooth Tick-trefoil	Dry oak and pine forests, fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	S. NY west to IN and MO, south to n. FL, Panhandle FL, and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium lindheimeri
Fabaceae	Desmodium lineatum	Matted Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills and other dry forests and woodlands.	Se. MD south to n. peninsular FL, west to TX, rarely inland; reported for NLE (Villaseñor 2016).
Fabaceae	Desmodium marilandicum	Maryland Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	MA west to MI and MO, south to n. peninsular FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium nuttallii	Nuttall’s Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	NY west to IN, south to n. peninsular FL, FL Panhandle, AL, and AR.
Fabaceae	Desmodium obtusum	Stiff Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills and dry pine flatwoods, other dry pine woodlands, fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	MA west to s. MI, south to Panhandle FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium ochroleucum	White Tick-trefoil, Creamflower Tick-trefoil	Dry woodlands and barrens, especially over calcareous substrates.	NJ, DE, and MD south to sc. and sw. NC, GA, TN, AL, Panhandle FL, MS, and MO.
Fabaceae	Desmodium paniculatum var. epetiolatum		Pine savannas and pine flatwoods, bogs.	Se. VA south to se. NC or e. SC.
Fabaceae	Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum	Panicled Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	S. ME west to s. ON, MI, and NE, south to s. FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium perplexum	Perplexing Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, hammocks, disturbed areas.	ME west to WI, south to FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium psilophyllum	Wright's Tick-trefoil	Stream banks and rocky slopes.	C. TX, w. TX, and s. AZ south to s. Mexico.
Fabaceae	Desmodium rotundifolium	Roundleaf Tick-trefoil	Dry forests and woodlands.	VT and MA west to s. MI, south to ne. FL, Panhandle FL, LA, and MO.
Fabaceae	Desmodium scorpiurus	Scorpion Tick-trefoil, Samoan-clover	Lawns, disturbed areas.	Native of the New World tropics.
Fabaceae	Desmodium sessilifolium	Sessile-leaf Tick-trefoil	Dry woodlands.	RI west to s. MI and KS, south to NC, Panhandle FL, MS, and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium strictum	Pineland Tick-trefoil, Pinebarren Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands.	S. NJ south to s. FL, west to w. LA. All reports from TX are based n misidentifications.
Fabaceae	Desmodium tenuifolium	Slimleaf Tick-trefoil	Pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods.	Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to w. LA. Reports from TX are based on misidentifications.
Fabaceae	Desmodium tortuosum		Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	E. NC south to s. FL, west to AR and TX; Mexico, Central America, n. South America, West Indies; apparently only introduced in the southeastern United States (Harper 1944b).
Fabaceae	Desmodium tweedyi	Tweedy's Tick-trefoil	Thickets in limestone areas.	OK south to sc. TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium viridiflorum	Velvety Tick-trefoil	Woodland borders, oak and pine woodlands, disturbed areas.	NJ and DE south to c. peninsular FL, west to TX, and inland to w. VA, w. NC, n. TN, and AR.