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Little-leaf Tick-clover

Desmodium ciliare

2,437 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Jersey.January 13, February 12, March 14, April 25, May 43, June 15, July 13, August 26, September 20, October 23, November 13, December 12.
United States2,213
New Jersey217
North Carolina177
Virginia140
Missouri135
Texas132
New York112
Arkansas108
Pennsylvania108
Tennessee102

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusticktrefoils · Desmodium

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