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| − | Common name: dixie | + | Common name: dixie tick-trefoil |
==Taxonomic Notes== | ==Taxonomic Notes== | ||
| − | Synonyms: | + | 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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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
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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 found associated with ''[[Ambrosia artemisiifolia]]''.<ref name=fsu/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:52, 24 May 2023
| Desmodium tortuosum | |
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| 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
Contents
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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
