Desmodium canadense

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• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Desmodium

Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs , prostrate to erect . Leaf 1-5-foliolate, leaflets petiolulate , stipels 1 in lateral and 2 in terminal leaflet; stipules free or united , striate and ciliate . Inflorescence terminal or axillary , raceme or panicle or subumbellate. Bract striate and pubescent . Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lobe bifid, the lower 3 toothed or the calyx equally 5-lobed. Corolla exceeding the calyx. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous , 9+1, anthers uniform . Ovary sessile or stipitate , ovules 2 to many. Fruit sessile or stipitate, transversely jointed , articles variously shaped, glabrous to densely pubescent, hairs straight or hooked .

A genus with about 300-350 species distributed in tropical and temperate areas of the world except Europe, New Zealand.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,181 meters (0 to 3,875 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Desmodium canadense< /i> (L.) Dc. • Hedysarum canadense L. • Hedysarum canadensis L. • Meibomia canadensis (L.) Kuntze • Meibomia canadensis (L.)kuntze • Pleurolobus canadensis (L.) Macmill.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Desmodium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 83 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

D. adscendens (Matite) · D. affine (Amor Seco) · D. angustifolium (Grass-Leaf Tick Trefoil) · D. arizonicum (Arizona Tick Trefoil) · D. axillare (Zarzabacoa De Monte) · D. axillare var. acutifolium (Zarzabacoa De Monte) · D. axillare var. axillare (Zarzabacoa De Monte) · D. axillare var. stoloniferum (Zarzabacoa De Monte) · D. barbatum (Zarzabacoa Peluda) · D. batocaulon (San Pedro Tick Trefoil) · D. cajanifolium (Tropical Tick Trefoil) · D. canadense (Beggar's Lice) · D. canescens (Hoary Tick-Trefoil) · D. ciliare (Hairy Small-Leaf Tick Trefoil) · D. cinerascens (Spiked Tick Trefoil) · D. cubense (Cuban Tick Trefoil) · D. cuspidatum (Large-Bract Tick Trefoil) · D. cuspidatum var. cuspidatum (Largebract Ticktrefoil) · D. cuspidatum var. longifolium (Largebract Ticktrefoil) · D. discolor (Horse Marmalade) · D. discolor var. discolor (Horse Marmalade) · D. discolor var. villosum (Horse Marmalade) · D. fernaldii (Fernald's Tick-Trefoil) · D. floridanum (Florida Tick Trefoil) · D. glabellum (Dillen Tick-Trefoil) · D. glabrum (Tick Trefoil) · D. glutinosum (Large Tick-Trefoil) · D. grahamii (Graham's Tick Trefoil) · D. gunnii (Southern Tick Trefoil) · D. heterocarpon (Asian Tick Trefoil) · D. heterocarpon birmanicum (Ea Ea) · D. heterocarpon heterocarpon (Asian Ticktrefoil) · D. heterocarpon var. heterocarpon (Carpon Desmodium) · D. heterocarpon var. strigosum (Asian Ticktrefoil) · D. heterophyllum (Senivakacegu) · D. humifusum (Eastern Trailing Tickt Trefoil) · D. illinoense (Iilinois Tickclover) · D. incanum (Cepa De Caballo) · D. incanum var. angustifolium (Kaimi-Clover) · D. incanum var. incanum (Zarzabacoa Comun) · D. intortum (Amor Seco) · D. laevigatum (Smooth Tick Trefoil) · D. lindheimeri (Lindheimer's Tick-Trefoil) · D. lineatum (Sand Tick Trefoil) · D. marilandicum (Maryland Tick-Trefoil) · D. metcalfei (Metcalfe's Tick Trefoil) · D. neomexicanum (New Mexico Tick Trefoil) · D. nudiflorum (Bare-Stemmed Tick-Treefoil) · D. nuttallii (Nuttall Tick-Trefoil) · D. ochroleucum (Cream Tick Trefoil) · D. oojeinense (Sandan) · D. paniculatum (Narrow-Leaf Tick-Trefoil) · D. paniculatum var. dillenii (Panicled Tick-Clover) · D. paniculatum var. epetiolatum (Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil) · D. paniculatum var. paniculatum (Panicled Tick-Clover) · D. pauciflorum (Few-Flower Tick Trefoil) · D. perplexum (Beggar Lice) · D. procumbens (Western Trailing Tick Trefoil) · D. procumbens var. exiguum (Western Trailing Tick Trefoil) · D. procumbens var. procumbens (Western Trailing Ticktrefoil) · D. psilocarpum (Santa Cruz Island Tick Trefoil) · D. psilophyllum (Simple-Leaf Tick Trefoil) · D. ramosissimum (Petit Treff) · D. retinens (Santa Rita Mountain Tick Trefoil) · D. rigidum (Stiff Tick Trefoil) · D. rosei (Rose Tickclover) · D. rotundifolium (Prostrate Tick Trefoil) · D. sandwicense (Chili Clover) · D. scopulorum (Sonoran Tick Trefoil) · D. scorpiurus (Scorpion Tick Trefoil) · D. sericophyllum (Tick Trefoil) · D. sessilifolium (Sessile Tickclover) · D. striatum (Common Lespedeza) · D. strictum (Pine-Barren Tick Trefoil) · D. styracifolium (Coin-Leaf Desmodium) · D. tenuifolium (Slim-Leaf Tick Trefoil) · D. tortuosum (Amor Seco) · D. triflorum (Acaba Pangola) · D. trifolium (Tick Clover) · D. tweedyi (Tweedy's Tick-Trefoil) · D. uncinatum (Amor-De-Velha-Da-Folha-Grauda) · D. viridiflorum (Velvet-Leaf Tick Trefoil) · D. wydlerianum (Wydler's Ticktrefoil)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 29, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650598
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11325
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638703
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1051889-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 13617
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25791
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB1D080
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: DECA7
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 35028

Footnotes

1. "Desmodium". in Flora of Pakistan Page 346. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 302.960 meters (993.963 feet), Standard Deviation = 173.070 based on 637 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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