Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Desmodium canescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium canescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-26-006:
Desmodium canescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Meibomia canescens
COMMON NAME:
Hoary Tick-trefoil
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_meca16_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_desmodium_canescens_1
July Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_desmodium_canescens_3
July Iredell County NC
Petiole much longer than stalk of terminal leaflet, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
COMPARE
leaves of Desmodium species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_canescens_5_s
August
Inflorescence typically villous as well as uncinulate-puberulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_desmodium_canescens_2
September Iredell County NC
Corolla 8-13 mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Beggar's Lice (Tick-trefoil) species