Fabaceae > Desmodium (Tick-trefoil, Tick-clover, Beggar's-ticks, Stick-tights)
Durham Co., NC
5 Aug 2006
Statewide in NC and common in various open habitats, often near woods.
Durham Co., NC
5 Aug 2006
by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Nature Pages
Fabaceae > Desmodium (Tick-trefoil, Tick-clover, Beggar's-ticks, Stick-tights) | |
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Hairy Small-leaved Tick Trefoil (Desmodium ciliare) Durham Co., NC 5 Aug 2006 Statewide in NC and common in various open habitats, often near woods. |
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Hairy Small-leaved Tick Trefoil (Desmodium ciliare) Durham Co., NC 5 Aug 2006 |
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Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 Fairly common in natural, fairly open, wet habitats in the NC coastal plain. |
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Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
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Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
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Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
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Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 Compound leaves have long slender leaflets. |
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Slimleaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium tenuifolium) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
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Hoary Tick Trefoil Desmodium canescens Forest edge/roadside in Durham, NC 3 Sep 2008 |
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Hoary Tick Trefoil Desmodium canescens Forest edge/roadside in Durham, NC 3 Sep 2008 |
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Hoary Tick Trefoil Desmodium canescens Forest edge/roadside in Durham, NC 3 Sep 2008 |
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Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
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Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
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Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
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Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
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Perplexed Tick Trefoil Desmodium perplexum Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
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Perplexed Tick Trefoil Desmodium perplexum Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
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Perplexed Tick Trefoil Desmodium perplexum Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
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Perplexed Tick Trefoil Desmodium perplexum Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
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Perplexed Tick Trefoil Desmodium perplexum Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Oct 25, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu