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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Desmodium tortuosum'' from USDA NRCS [https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=DETO].
 
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Common name: dixie ticktrefoil
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Common name: dixie tick-trefoil
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
Synonyms:
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Synonyms: ''Meibomia purpurea'' (P. Miller) Vail<ref name=weakley>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.</ref>
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Varieties: none<ref name=weakley/>
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
===Habitat===
 
===Habitat===
''D. turtuosum'' can be found growing in full sun and sandy soil in fallow fields, roadsides, beaches, lake shores, and floodplains. <ref name = fsu> 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.</ref>
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''Desmodium turtuosum'' can be found growing in full sun and sandy soil in fallow fields, roadsides, beaches, lake shores, and floodplains.<ref name = fsu> 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.</ref>
''D. turtuosum is especially successful in areas with disturbed soil.<ref name=fsu/>
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''D. turtuosum'' is especially successful in areas with disturbed soil.<ref name=fsu/>
  
 
''D. turtuosum'' is found associated with ''[[Ambrosia artemisiifolia]]''.<ref name=fsu/>
 
''D. turtuosum'' is found associated with ''[[Ambrosia artemisiifolia]]''.<ref name=fsu/>

Latest revision as of 12:52, 24 May 2023

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
DESM TORT dist.JPG
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

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Jump up to: 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. Jump up to: 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.