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Learn more about Matted Tick-trefoil from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Desmodium lineatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium lineatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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)
Meibomia arenicola
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Meibomia polymorpha
COMMON NAME:
Matted Tick-trefoil, Sand Tick-trefoil
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm200618_5929
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190830_1073
August Greenville County SC
Distinguished by prostrate habit & small lvs w mostly suborbicular leaflets, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).
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JK Marlow jkm190831_1093
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190831_1102
August Greenville County SC
Pedicels 6-16mm long; petals 4-6mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
Beggar's Lice (Tick-trefoil) species
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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).
COMPARE
loments of Desmodium species
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JK Marlow jkm200903_7069
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200903_7088
September Greenville County SC
Stems trailing vinelike along the ground, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Keith Bradley kab_d_lineatum_4046
September Lexington County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_d_lineatum_4057
September Lexington County SC