PLANTS Profile for Desmodium obtusum (stiff ticktrefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.
stiff ticktrefoil

Symbol:

DEOB5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.

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Synonyms:
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.

	DERI3	Desmodium rigidum (Elliot) DC.
	MEOB6	Meibomia obtusa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Vail
	MERI	Meibomia rigida (Elliot) Kuntze

Distribution:
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.


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Related Taxa:
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 76 species in Desmodium

Classification:
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Desmodium Desv. – ticktrefoil
Species	Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. – stiff ticktrefoil

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
Desmodium rigidum
rigid tick-trefoil		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Desmodium rigidum
stiff tick-trefoil		Endangered
New York:
beggar-lice		Endangered

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Moderate						Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502019.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 12:05 AM MDT