PLANTS Profile for Desmodium tweedyi (Tweedy's ticktrefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Desmodium tweedyi Britton
Tweedy's ticktrefoil

Symbol:

DETW

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Desmodium tweedyi Britton

Synonyms:
Desmodium tweedyi Britton

METW

Meibomia tweedyi (Britton) Vail

Native Status:
Desmodium tweedyi Britton


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (TX)

Related Taxa:
Desmodium tweedyi Britton

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 76 species in Desmodium

Classification:
Desmodium tweedyi Britton

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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 tweedyi Britton – Tweedy's ticktrefoil

More Accounts and Images:
Desmodium tweedyi Britton

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25832.

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

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 11:41 PM CDT