Desmodium obtusum (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) A.P. de Candolle. Stiff Tick-trefoil. Phen: Jun-Sep; Aug-Oct. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills and dry pine flatwoods, other dry pine woodlands, fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas. Dist: MA west to s. MI, south to Panhandle FL and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy: = Ar, Fl3, GrPl, Il, K1, K3, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, SE3, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Isely (1998); = Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. var. lancifolium (Fernald & B.G.Schub.) H.Ohashi – FNA11.1, K4, Ohashi (2013); = Desmodium rigidum (Elliott) DC. – C, G, WV; = Meibomia rigida (Elliott) Kuntze – S; > Desmodium rigidum (Elliott) DC. – F, Tat; > Meibomia obtusa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Vail – S13; > Meibomia rigida (Elliott) Kuntze – S13
Heliophily: 8
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