Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Fabaceae

Desmodium - [maps | photos]

• Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
  Common Name: hoary tick trefoil

• Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.
  Common Name: hairy small-leaf tick trefoil

• Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex Loudon
  Common Name: largebract tick trefoil

• Desmodium glabellum (Michx.) DC.
  Common Name: Dillenius' tick trefoil
  Synonyms:
  

         • Desmodium dillenii Darl. p.p.

• Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood
  Common Name: pointedleaf tick trefoil

• Desmodium laevigatum (Nutt.) DC.
  Common Name: smooth tick trefoil

• Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC.
  Common Name: smooth small-leaf tick trefoil

• Desmodium nudiflorum (L.) DC.
  Common Name: nakedflower tick trefoil

• Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.
  Common Name: Nuttall's tick trefoil

• Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.
  Common Name: stiff tick trefoil

• Desmodium ochroleucum M.A. Curtis ex Canby (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: cream tick trefoil

• Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: panicledleaf tick trefoil

• Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.
  Common Name: fewflower tick trefoil

• Desmodium perplexum B.G. Schub.
  Common Name: perplexed tick trefoil
  Synonyms:
  

         • Desmodium dillenii Darl.

         • Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. Var. dillenii (Darl.) Isely

• Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
  Common Name: prostrate tick trefoil

• Desmodium sessilifolium (Torr.) Torr. & A. Gray
  Common Name: sessileleaf tick trefoil

• Desmodium viridiflorum (L.) DC.
  Common Name: velvetleaf tick trefoil

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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