PLANTS Profile for Desmodium pauciflorum (fewflower ticktrefoil)

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Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.
fewflower ticktrefoil

Symbol:

DEPA7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.

Meibomia pauciflora

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 396. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.

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Synonyms:
Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.

MEPA9

Meibomia pauciflora (Nutt.) Kuntze

Distribution:
Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.


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

Related Taxa:
Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 76 species in Desmodium

Classification:
Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.

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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 pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC. – fewflower ticktrefoil

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.

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.

Maryland:
few-flowered tick-trefoil		Endangered
New Jersey:
few-flower tick-trefoil		Endangered
New York:
small-flowered tick-clover		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25816.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:39 PM CDT