Desmodium humifusum (muhl. ex Bigelow) L.c.beck

Eastern trailing ticktrefoil (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Desmodium

Characteristics

Stems prostrate, to 1 m or more, uncinate-puberulent and with longer spreading hairs; stipules ovate-to lance-acuminate, 4–8 mm; petioles 2.5–5 cm; lfls appressed-hairy on both sides and sometimes with a few hooked hairs, the terminal one ovate or rhombic, 5–7 × 3–5 cm; racemes axillary and terminal, branching; fls 7–9 mm, on pedicels to 9 mm; articles 3 or 4, 6–8 × 4–5 mm, deltoid (the upper suture straight) or rhombic (both sutures angled). Dry sandy woods; Mass. to Md.; s. Mo. July, Aug. (D. glabellum, misapplied)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
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Distribution

Desmodium humifusum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491820-1
WFO ID wfo-0000170501
COL ID 3538D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Desmodium humifusum