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ticktrefoils
Desmodium
Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Desmodium paniculatum
complexDesmodium paniculatum
showy tick-trefoil
speciesDesmodium canadense
creeping beggarweed
speciesDesmodium incanum
Desmodium marilandicum
complexDesmodium marilandicum
Round-leaved Trailing Tick-trefoil
speciesDesmodium rotundifolium
Florida beggarweed
speciesDesmodium tortuosum
Silverleaf Desmodium
speciesDesmodium uncinatum
Rusty tick-trefoil
speciesDesmodium rhytidophyllum
hoary tick-trefoil
speciesDesmodium canescens
Illinois tick-trefoil
speciesDesmodium illinoense
Samoan clover
speciesDesmodium scorpiurus
sessileleaf ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium sessilifolium
Velvetleaf Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium viridiflorum
Greenleaf Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium intortum
manayupa
speciesDesmodium molliculum
Tweedy's tick clover
speciesDesmodium tweedyi
San Pedro ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium batocaulon
Smooth Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium laevigatum
slender tick-trefoil
speciesDesmodium varians
Simpleleaf Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium psilophyllum
Sand Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium lineatum
toothed tick-trefoil
speciesDesmodium cuspidatum
Nuttall's Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium nuttallii
Pine Barren Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium strictum
Western Trailing Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium procumbens
zarzabacoa de monte
speciesDesmodium axillare
Graham's ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium grahamii
Florida Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium floridanum
Lindheimer's Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium lindheimeri
Desmodium affine
speciesDesmodium affine
Desmodium cuneatum
speciesDesmodium cuneatum
Rose's Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium rosei
Spiked Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium cinerascens
Desmodium glabrum
speciesDesmodium glabrum
Desmodium pringlei
speciesDesmodium pringlei
slimleaf ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium tenuifolium
Desmodium distortum
speciesDesmodium distortum
Desmodium wydlerianum
speciesDesmodium wydlerianum
Arizona Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium arizonicum
Desmodium subsericeum
speciesDesmodium subsericeum
Cream Tick-trefoil
speciesDesmodium ochroleucum
Grass-Leaf Tick-Trefoil
speciesDesmodium angustifolium
Santa Cruz Island Ticktrefoil
speciesDesmodium psilocarpum
Desmodium macrostachyum
speciesDesmodium macrostachyum
Desmodium orbiculare
speciesDesmodium orbiculare
Desmodium jaliscanum
speciesDesmodium jaliscanum
Desmodium bridgesii
speciesDesmodium bridgesii
Desmodium cajanifolium
speciesDesmodium cajanifolium
Desmodium infractum
speciesDesmodium infractum
Desmodium subsessile
speciesDesmodium subsessile
Santa Rita Mountain Tick-Trefoil
speciesDesmodium retinens
Desmodium platycarpum
speciesDesmodium platycarpum
Desmodium cordistipulum
speciesDesmodium cordistipulum
Desmodium amplifolium
speciesDesmodium amplifolium
Desmodium sericophyllum
speciesDesmodium sericophyllum
Desmodium plicatum
speciesDesmodium plicatum
Desmodium bellum
speciesDesmodium bellum
Desmodium aparines
speciesDesmodium aparines
Desmodium densiflorum
speciesDesmodium densiflorum
Desmodium campylocaulon
speciesDesmodium campylocaulon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85324.