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Desmodium tenuifolium
Slimleaf ticktrefoil is a native perennial herb of the southeastern US, growing 0.5 to 1.2 m tall with very narrow leaflets and pinkish flowers. It thrives in open pine savannas and flatwoods that are periodically burned.
Desmodium tenuifolium, the slimleaf tick-trefoil, is a perennial forb in the legume family endemic to the southeastern United States.
Desmodium tenuifolium is found from southeastern Virginia south to central peninsular Florida and west to Louisiana. It grows in pine savannas and wet pine flatwoods that are frequently burned. It requires fire to maintain its presence, and tends to disappear with fire exclusion.
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 tenuifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
