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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium nudiflorum   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Desmodium nudiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-001:

Desmodium nudiflorum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Meibomia nudiflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Naked Tick-trefoil, Naked-flowered Tick Trefoil, Woodland Tick-trefoil


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_menu2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm060506_027

May    Oconee County    SC

Clemson Forest

Leaflets ovate to obovate, to 4" long, crowded at top of the sterile branch, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm170624_255

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

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JK Marlow    jkm170624_271

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

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JK Marlow    jkm0507j_27

July    Greenville County    SC

Wildcat Falls Wayside Park

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JK Marlow    jkm120727_942

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers of the Bean Family are of a unique form known as "papilionaceous", per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm220715_9104

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm230717_4468

July    Greenville County    SC

Landrum Watershed

Rose-purple, pea-like flowers in a loose raceme on a leafless scape, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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JK Marlow    jkm230720_4655

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Legume (loment) straight across one edge and scalloped along the other, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).


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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdnudiflorum_home

Month Unknown    Anderson County    SC

Fertile stems to about 30" tall, typically erect at first, leaning with age, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdnudiflorum_home2

Month Unknown    Anderson County    SC

Stem forked at base: sterile branch to 12" tall and leafless scape to 40", per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium nudiflorum   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-001:
Desmodium nudiflorum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia nudiflora

 

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449

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Whorl-like cluster

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rose-purplish (rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 monadelphous stamens
Superior ovary

Inflorescence a loose raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Loment with (1-)2-4 segments

 

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