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Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum

Desmodium paniculatum var. fernaldii
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panicledleaf ticktrefoil
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Stems

and petioles glabrescent to conspicuously pilose or uncinate-pubescent.

and petioles glabrous or uncinate-pubescent.
Leaflets

blade surfaces slightly strigose to conspicuously subappressed-villous, sometimes uncinate-pubescent abaxially.

blade surfaces uncinate-puberulent on veins, sparsely strigulose abaxially.

Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum

Desmodium paniculatum var. fernaldii
Phenology Flowering summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Woodlands and margins, low, moist alluvial sites, dry slopes, uplands, clearings, fields, thickets, roadsides. Open woodland, pine savannas, abandoned fields, roadsides, sandy soils.
Elevation 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON; QC [Introduced in e Asia (Japan)]
from FNA
AL; DE; FL; GA; LA; MD; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA
Discussion

Variety fernaldii occurs primarily on the Atlantic Coastal Plain with only scattered occurrences along the Gulf Coast.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Desmodium > Desmodium paniculatum Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Desmodium > Desmodium paniculatum
Sibling taxa
D. paniculatum var. fernaldii
D. paniculatum var. paniculatum
Synonyms D. dichromum, D. dillenii, D. glabellum, D. paniculatum var. angustifolium, D. paniculatum var. dillenii, D. paniculatum var. epetiolatum, D. perplexum, D. pubens, Hedysarum glabellum, Meibomia chapmanii, M. dillenii, M. glabella, M. pubens D. fernaldii
Name authority unknown (B. G. Schubert) H. Ohashi: J. Jap. Bot. 88: 171. (2013)
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