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Pine barren ticktrefoil

Desmodium strictum

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
New Jersey to SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Desmodium strictum, the pineland tick-trefoil or the pinebarren tick-trefoil is a perennial forb in the legume family native to the eastern United States.

Where it grows

Desmodium strictum is found from southern New Jersey to southern Florida and west to western Louisiana. It grows in longleaf pine sandhills and other dry woodlands.

Other Desmodium plants

Showy ticktrefoil · Hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil · Largebract ticktrefoil · Fernald's ticktrefoil · Florida ticktrefoil · Dillenius' ticktrefoil · Illinois ticktrefoil · Zarzabacoa comun · Greenleaf ticktrefoil · Smooth ticktrefoil · Sand ticktrefoil · Smooth small-leaf ticktrefoil

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Desmodium strictum 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.

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