Desmodium laevigatum

Desmodium laevigatum
Photo taken by Kevin Robertson
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae
Genus:	Desmodium
Species:	D. laevigatum
Binomial name
Desmodium laevigatum (Nutt.) DC.
Natural range of Desmodium laevigatum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: Smooth ticktrefoil

Ecology

Habitat

Is found in areas that frequently burn such as open woods bordering a bay, hardwood hammocks, upland pine, in open mixed pine-hardwood forest, well drained upland, savannas, turkey oak sand ridges (FSU Herbarium). Requires low-high light levels. Is associated with loamy sand, sandy clay loam, limestone, and sand soil types (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Has been observed flowering and fruiting from September to November (FSU Herbarium).