PLANTS Profile for Desmodium humifusum (eastern trailing ticktrefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Desmodium humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck
eastern trailing ticktrefoil

Symbol:

DEHU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Desmodium humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck

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Synonyms:
Desmodium humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck

MEHU3

Meibomia humifusa (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Kuntze

Distribution:
Desmodium humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck


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USA (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

Related Taxa:
Desmodium humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 76 species in Desmodium

Classification:
Desmodium humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Desmodium Desv. – ticktrefoil
Species	Desmodium humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck – eastern trailing ticktrefoil

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Desmodium humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
trailing tick-trefoil		Special Concern
Indiana:
tick trefoil		Endangered
Maryland:
trailing tick-trefoil		Endangered, Extirpated
Massachusetts:
spreading tick-trefoil		Endangered
New Jersey:
trailing tick-trefoil		Endangered
New York:
spreading tick-clover		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Desmodium humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502018.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 08:31 PM CDT