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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium lineatum   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Desmodium lineatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-008:

Desmodium lineatum   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Meibomia arenicola

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Meibomia polymorpha

 

COMMON NAME:
Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil


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image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mear11_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm190520_8570

May    Greenville County    SC

Stipules lance-attenuate to linear-subulate, striate, 2-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5457

May    Greenville County    SC

Unusual in the genus in that it "crawls" though not technically a vine, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5462

May    Greenville County    SC

Stems to 2' long, prostrate/trailing, with leaves quite small for the genus, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm200618_5929

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm190830_1073

August    Greenville County    SC

Distinguished by prostrate habit & small leaves with mostly suborbicular leaflets, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm190831_1093

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm190831_1102

August    Greenville County    SC

Pedicels 6-16mm long; petals 4-6mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm190831_1111

August    Greenville County    SC

Loment segments convex above, symmetrically rounded below, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).


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image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm230812_5002

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm230812_5004

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm200903_7069

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

JK Marlow    jkm200903_7088

September    Greenville County    SC

Stems trailing vinelike along the ground, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

Keith Bradley    kab_d_lineatum_4046

September    Lexington County    SC

image of Desmodium lineatum, Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil

Keith Bradley    kab_d_lineatum_4057

September    Lexington County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium lineatum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium lineatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-008:
Desmodium lineatum   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia arenicola

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia polymorpha

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3919

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and other dry forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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 usually in terminal panicles and axillary racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Loment usually with 2-3 segments

 

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