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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium viridiflorum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium viridiflorum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium viridiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-018:
Desmodium viridiflorum FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Desmodium viridiflorum
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia viridiflora
COMMON NAME:
Velvety Tick-trefoil, Velvety Tick-clover
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mevi8_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200502_4502
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5298
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm160629_103
June McCormick County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm170624_275
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170624_276
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm100702_125
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140804_350
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stems sparsely to densely-puberulent as well as uncinate-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140804_353
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves densely villous on the lower surface, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
Beggar's Lice (Tick-trefoil) species
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JK Marlow jkm140804_353b
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaflets densely velvety spreading-villous below especially along the veins, per Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (Isely, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm140804_356
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Terminal leaflet rhombic or deltoid, 3.5-11cm long; stipels persistent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140822_975
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140822_977
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160816_523
August Oconee County SC
Calyx sparsely to densely short-pubescent. Pedicels 2.5-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160816_528
August Oconee County SC
Inflorescence paniculate, densely puberulent and uncinate-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160816_530
August Oconee County SC
Petals 5-9mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm130913_311
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_595596
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_600
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_608
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Loment straight, with (3)4-5(6) segments, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
loments of Desmodium species
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JK Marlow jkm180906_4608
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm151006_334
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Loment moderately to densely uncinulate-pubescent on both sides and sutures, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm151006_335
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm151006_336
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
The reticulum obscured except in age as the pubescence thins, per Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (Isely, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium viridiflorum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium viridiflorum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium viridiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-018:
Desmodium viridiflorum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Desmodium viridiflorum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia viridiflora
454
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Woodland borders, oak and pine woodlands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 in terminal panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Loment with 4 or more angular segments
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p336
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p082
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p076
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