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panicled ticktrefoil
Desmodium paniculatum
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
tall tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
perplexed tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
hoary tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
showy tick-trefoilDesmodium canadense
naked-flowered tick-trefoilHylodesmum nudiflorum
creeping beggarweedDesmodium incanum
Maryland Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
Tweedy's tick cloverDesmodium tweedyi
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 11,530 |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,345 |
| Virginia | 1,332 |
| New York | 1,044 |
| Maryland | 1,036 |
| Pennsylvania | 978 |
| Tennessee | 934 |
| Texas | 874 |
| Georgia | 840 |
| Alabama | 711 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | ticktrefoils · Desmodium |
Study it in a deck
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Plants of Richmond city, Virginia, United States
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise panicled ticktrefoil with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.