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Desmodium laevigatum
Also called Smooth Tick Trefoil
Desmodium laevigatum, the smooth tick-trefoil, is a perennial forb in the legume family native to east coast of the United States.
Desmodium laevigatum is found from southern New York west to Indiana and Missouri and south to northern Florida, Panhandle Florida, and Texas. It grows in fields, dry oak and pine forests, woodland borders, and disturbed areas. Where it is found, it is relatively infrequent compared to other Desmodium species within the same habitat. D. laevigatum has been observed in areas that are frequently burned, but also those that are fire excluded.
Showy ticktrefoil · Hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil · Largebract ticktrefoil · Fernald's ticktrefoil · Florida ticktrefoil · Dillenius' ticktrefoil · Illinois ticktrefoil · Zarzabacoa comun · Greenleaf ticktrefoil · Sand ticktrefoil · Smooth small-leaf ticktrefoil · Manayupa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Desmodium laevigatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
