Desmodium tortuosum

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Desmodium tortuosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: D. tortuosum
Binomial name
Desmodium tortuosum
(Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
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Natural range of Desmodium tortuosum from USDA NRCS [1].

Common name: dixie tick-trefoil

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Meibomia purpurea (P. Miller) Vail[1]

Varieties: none[1]

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Desmodium turtuosum can be found growing in full sun and sandy soil in fallow fields, roadsides, beaches, lake shores, and floodplains.[2] D. turtuosum is especially successful in areas with disturbed soil.[2]

D. turtuosum is found associated with Ambrosia artemisiifolia.[2]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Jane Brockmann, A. F. Clewell, J. Ferborgh, R.K. Godfrey, C. Henderson, Gary R. Knight, R. Komarek, Victoria Sullivan, and Jean Wooten. States and counties: Florida: Bay, Columbia, Franklin, Gulf, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Monroe, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, and Washington. Georgia: Thomas.