Desmodium nuttallii |
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Nuttall's ticktrefoil |
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Habit | Herbs or subshrubs, perennial. |
Stems | ascending to erect, 30–100 cm, medially villous, uncinate-puberulent and -pubescent, scarcely pilose. |
Leaves | trifoliolate; stipules persistent, narrowly ovate or ovate, 3–6.5 mm; petiole 5–30 mm; leaflet blades ovate to narrowly ovate, base usually rounded, apex obtuse or acute, surfaces closely spreading-villous (often velvety) abaxially, slightly uncinate-puberulent on veins adaxially; terminal blade 50–100 × 30–56 mm, length 1.5–2(–2.2) times width. |
Inflorescences | terminal and branched; rachis patent uncinate-puberulent and pilose; primary bracts ovate, 2–4 mm, usually villous. |
Pedicels | 4–10 mm. |
Flowers | calyx 2–3 mm, puberulent and sparsely pilose, tube 1 mm; abaxial lobes 1.5–2 mm, lateral lobes 1 mm; corolla purple or pink, 6–7 mm. |
Loments | sutures deeply crenate abaxially, sinuate adaxially; connections adaxial, 1/4–1/3 as broad as segments; segments 2–4, semiorbiculate, 4–7 × 3–4.5 mm, rounded abaxially, convex adaxially, often somewhat angled when young, uncinate-pubescent throughout; stipe 3–4 mm. |
Desmodium nuttallii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Open woodlands and borders, savannas, fields, roadsides. |
Elevation | 0–900 m. (0–3000 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | Meibomia nuttallii |
Name authority | (Schindler) B. G. Schubert: Rhodora 52: 142. (1950) |
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