Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
FABACEAE
- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
Nomencl. ref.: Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 328. 1825 [mid Nov 1825]
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Showy ticktrefoil
English name: Canadian tick trefoil English name: Canadian tick-trefoil
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Meibomia canadensis (L.) Kuntze
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Desmodium
Species:
Page counter: 2701 ( AVG: 222.53 / 291.488 )
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Desmodium canadense
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Desmodium canadense
Jennifer Anderson - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Desmodium canadense
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Desmodium canadense
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Desmodium canadense
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Desmodium canadense
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Desmodium canadense
Jennifer Anderson - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Desmodium canadense
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Desmodium canadense
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Desmodium canadense
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Desmodium canadense
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 401.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AR, CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, QC)
Map for Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Desmodium canescens (L.) DC. [869]
2) Desmodium canescens (L.) DC. var. villosissimum Torr. & A. Gray [95]
3) Desmodium canum (J.F. Gmel.) Schinz & Thell. var. angustifolium (Griseb.) Léon & Alain [135]
4) Desmodium formosum Vogel [151]
5) Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood [306]
6) Desmodium incanum DC. [2280]
7) Desmodium longifolium (Torr. & A. Gray) Smyth [140]
8) Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. var. dillenii (Darl.) Isely [139]
9) Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC. [2253]
10) Deutzia scabra Thunb. var. candidissima (Froebel) Rehder [147]
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