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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium glabellum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Tall Tick-trefoil from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Traditionally, D. glabellum and D. perplexum have been segregated largely by stem pubescence type and density. In "Desmodium glabellum and D. perplexum (Fabaceae): a morphological reevaluation", Thomas presents an alternative treatment.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium glabellum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Desmodium glabellum and D. perplexum (Fabaceae): a morphological reevaluation (Thomas, 2020)
Desmodium glabellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium glabellum
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Desmodium glabellum
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Desmodium paniculatum var. dillenii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-022:
Desmodium glabellum FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia paniculata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia pubens
COMMON NAME:
Tall Tick-trefoil, Dillen's Tick-trefoil
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5282
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
D. glabellum's terminal leaflets tend to taper to a more defined point than D. perplexum's, per Desmodium glabellum and D. perplexum (Fabaceae): a morphological reevaluation (Thomas, 2020).
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8974
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Terminal leaflets lanceolate to broadly ovate (most on the narrow end of this range), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
COMPARE
Beggar's Lice (Tick-trefoil) species
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8975
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaflets broadest nearer the base than the middle, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm190810_0629
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4522
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190903_1187
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190903_1188
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Corollas mostly 6-9mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm190905_13311332
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Each side of ventral margin of most articles straight to slightly convex, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1338
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium glabellum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium glabellum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Desmodium glabellum and D. perplexum (Fabaceae): a morphological reevaluation (Thomas, 2020)
Desmodium glabellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium glabellum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Desmodium glabellum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Desmodium paniculatum var. dillenii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-022:
Desmodium glabellum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia paniculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia pubens
2669
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rose-purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers in terminal panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Loment with (1-)2-4(5) broadly rhombic to triangular or weakly obovate segments
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p334
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p082?
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