NameThatPlant.net: Desmodium cuspidatum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium cuspidatum FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Desmodium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Desmodium cuspidatum var. longifolium

Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Desmodium cuspidatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-007:

Desmodium cuspidatum FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
Long-bracted Tick-trefoil, Toothed Tick-trefoil, Largebract Tick-trefoil

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium cuspidatum FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Desmodium cuspidatum var. longifolium

Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium cuspidatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-007:
Desmodium cuspidatum FAMILY Fabaceae

3263

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, woodlands, woodland borders, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
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 4 or more angular segments

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