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Fabaceae
Desmodium

not marked as a favorite taxon Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Roundleaf Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Aug; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands. Distribution: VT and MA west to s. MI, south to ne. FL, Panhandle FL, LA, and MO.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl3, FNA11.1, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998); = Meibomia michauxii Vail — S, S13; = Meibomia rotundifolia (DC.) Kuntze. Basionym: Desmodium rotundifolium DC. 1825 "Urbasionym:" Hedysarum rotundifolium Michx. 1803

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

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Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Desmodium rotundifolium© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Desmodium rotundifolium© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Desmodium rotundifolium© Gage Barnes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gage Barnes source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Desmodium rotundifolium© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Desmodium rotundifolium© Gage Barnes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gage Barnes source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Desmodium rotundifolium© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Prostrate, mat-forming perennial of dry forests and woodlands.

Stems: Stems trailing across the ground, densely furry.

Leaves: Leaves alternate and lying flat on ground; on petioles with oval stipules at their base; divided into 3 round leaflets with hair on both surfaces, the terminal leaflet to about 2 in. long.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in branching, usually axillary racemes; dark pink to purplish; less than 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the banner petal with maroon markings at the base.

Fruits: Fruit a flattened pod divided into 3-6 nearly diamond-shaped segments and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.

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Height: 1 1/2-5 ft. long

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description: Prostrate, mat-forming perennial of dry forests and woodlands.

stems: Stems trailing across the ground, densely furry.

leaves: Leaves alternate and lying flat on ground; on petioles with oval stipules at their base; divided into 3 round leaflets with hair on both surfaces, the terminal leaflet to about 2 in. long.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in branching, usually axillary racemes; dark pink to purplish; less than 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the banner petal with maroon markings at the base.

fruits: Fruit a flattened pod divided into 3-6 nearly diamond-shaped segments and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.

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