PLANTS Profile for Desmodium canescens (hoary ticktrefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
hoary ticktrefoil

Symbol:

DECA8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Images:
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.

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Synonyms:
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.

	DECAH	Desmodium canescens (L.) DC. var. hirsutum (Hook.) B.L. Rob.
	DECAV3	Desmodium canescens (L.) DC. var. villosissimum Torr. & A. Gray
	MECA16	Meibomia canescens (L.) Kuntze

Distribution:
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 76 species in Desmodium

Classification:
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Desmodium Desv. – ticktrefoil
Species	Desmodium canescens (L.) DC. – hoary ticktrefoil

More Accounts and Images:
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25792.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 08:52 AM CDT