PLANTS Profile for Desmodium nuttallii (Nuttall's ticktrefoil)

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Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.
Nuttall's ticktrefoil

Symbol:

DENU5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.

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Synonyms:
Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.

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Meibomia nuttallii Schindl.

Distribution:
Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.


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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 76 species in Desmodium

Classification:
Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.

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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 nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub. – Nuttall's ticktrefoil

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.

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.

New York:
Nuttall's tick-clover		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25813.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 01:13 AM CDT