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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium rotundifolium   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Desmodium rotundifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-004:

Desmodium rotundifolium   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Meibomia michauxii

 

COMMON NAME:
Roundleaf Tick-trefoil, Dollarleaf, Prostrate Tick-trefoil, Sessileleaf Tick-trefoil


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_memi5_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm200422_4037

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm060506_034

May    Oconee County    SC

Clemson Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm210516_0344

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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Roxanna Martin    rlm51509_015

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    s080524_b

May    Pickens County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm120623_240

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

A prostrate plant with stems to 5' long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm120623_245

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Unique in that its leaflets are nearly round, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm120623_249

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Erect, sparsely flowered racemes arise from the trailing stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    s050625_b

June    Union County    SC

Leaflets 1-4cm long & wide. Stipules persistent, ovate, & clasping the stem, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Beggar's Lice (Tick-trefoil) species

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JK Marlow    jkm120704_571

July    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

The infrequently formed fruits have a narrow or somewhat broadened isthmi, per Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (Isely, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm120704_573

July    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Loment of (3-)4-6 segments, both margins about equally indented, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_rotundifolium_18

July        

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Roxanna Martin    rlm82810_358

August    Spartanburg County    SC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_rotundifolium_7

August        

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JK Marlow    jkm220926_0005

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Desmodium rotundifolium, Roundleaf Tick-trefoil, Dollarleaf, Prostrate Tick-trefoil, Sessileleaf Tick-trefoil

Roxanna Martin    rlm9210_70

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Calyx sparsely pilose to puberulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium rotundifolium   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-004:
Desmodium rotundifolium   FAMILY Fabaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia michauxii

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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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 axillary racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Loment with (3-)4-6 segments

 

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