Flora of North America species comparison

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Desmodium procumbens var. procumbens
Photo is of parent taxon

western trailing ticktrefoil
Habit Herbs perennial.
Stems

uncinate-puberulent and sparsely pubescent.
Leaves

unifoliolate and trifoliolate;

leaflet blades: apex acute or acuminate, surfaces uncinate-puberulent and villous.
Primary

bracts caducous or partly persistent, 1.5–2.5 mm.
Loments

distinctly spirally twisted when young;

segments 2–3(–4);

stipe 1.5–3.5 mm.
2n

= 22.

Desmodium procumbens var. procumbens
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Open grasslands, pine-oak woodlands, mesas, canyons.
Elevation 1000–2000 m. (3300–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; Central America; Mexico (Chihuahua, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Sonora); West Indies; n South America [Introduced in Asia, Africa]
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Desmodium > Desmodium procumbens
Sibling taxa
D. procumbens var. neomexicanum
Synonyms D. exiguum, D. procumbens var. exiguum, D. spirale var. exiguum, Meibomia exigua
Name authority unknown
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