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Fabaceae > Desmodium (Tick-trefoil, Tick-clover, Beggar's-ticks, Stick-tights) | |
Hairy Small-leaved Tick Trefoil (Desmodium ciliare) Durham Co., NC 5 Aug 2006 Statewide in NC and common in various open habitats, often near woods. | |
Hairy Small-leaved Tick Trefoil (Desmodium ciliare) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 6 Sep 2018 | |
Hairy Small-leaved Tick Trefoil (Desmodium ciliare) Durham Co., NC 5 Aug 2006 | |
Hairy Small-leaved Tick Trefoil (Desmodium ciliare) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 6 Sep 2018 |
Hoary Tick Trefoil (Desmodium canescens) Forest edge/roadside in Durham, NC 3 Sep 2008 | |
Hoary Tick Trefoil (Desmodium canescens) Forest edge/roadside in Durham, NC 3 Sep 2008 | |
Hoary Tick Trefoil (Desmodium canescens) Forest edge/roadside in Durham, NC 3 Sep 2008 |
Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 | |
Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 | |
Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 | |
Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 | |
Perplexed Tick Trefoil (Desmodium perplexum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 | |
Perplexed Tick Trefoil (Desmodium perplexum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 | |
Perplexed Tick Trefoil (Desmodium perplexum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 | |
Perplexed Tick Trefoil (Desmodium perplexum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 | |
Perplexed Tick Trefoil (Desmodium perplexum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 | |
Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 Fairly common in natural, fairly open, wet habitats in the NC coastal plain. | |
Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 | |
Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 | |
Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 | |
Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 Compound leaves have long slender leaflets. | |
Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
Slimleaf Tick-trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Holly Shelter, Pender Co., NC 4 Oct 2018 | |
Slimleaf Tick-trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Holly Shelter, Pender Co., NC 4 Oct 2018 | |
Slimleaf Tick-trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Holly Shelter, Pender Co., NC 4 Oct 2018 | |
Slimleaf Tick-trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Holly Shelter, Pender Co., NC 4 Oct 2018 |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 Common statewide in forested habitats in North Carolina. Flower stems are leafless and leafy stems are flowerless in this species, hence its name! | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 Calyx lobes are shorter than the calyx tube and stamens are monodelphous. These are two of the characters that support splitting this group into the genus Hylodesmum and out of Desmodium. | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 With thumbnail for size comparison | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 Leaves pubescent with ciliate margins | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 |
Few-flowered Ticktrefoil (Hylodesmum pauciflorum, Desmodium pauciflorum) Island Creek, Croatan NF, Craven Co., NC 12 Aug 2016 Rare to uncommon in forested habitats statewide in NC. Strong evidence suggests this species should be separated from Desmodium into the genus Hylodesmum. | |
Few-flowered Ticktrefoil (Hylodesmum pauciflorum, Desmodium pauciflorum) Island Creek, Croatan NF, Craven Co., NC 12 Aug 2016 | |
Few-flowered Ticktrefoil (Hylodesmum pauciflorum, Desmodium pauciflorum) Island Creek, Croatan NF, Craven Co., NC 12 Aug 2016 |
Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil, Heartleaf Tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum, Desmodium glutinosum) Island Creek, Croatan NF, Craven Co., NC 12 Aug 2016 | |
Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil, Heartleaf Tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum, Desmodium glutinosum) Island Creek, Croatan NF, Craven Co., NC 12 Aug 2016 | |
Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil, Heartleaf Tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum, Desmodium glutinosum, ) Island Creek, Croatan NF, Craven Co., NC 12 Aug 2016 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Oct 25, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com