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
DESM TORT dist.JPG
Natural range of Desmodium tortuosum from USDA NRCS [1].

Common name: dixie ticktrefoil

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms:

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. [1] D. turtuosum is especially successful in areas with disturbed soil.[1]

D. turtuosum is found associated with Ambrosia artemisiifolia.[1]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.