PLANTS Profile for Desmodium paniculatum (panicledleaf ticktrefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.
panicledleaf ticktrefoil

Symbol:

DEPA6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.

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Distribution:
Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 76 species in Desmodium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Desmodium paniculatum var. epetiolatum
panicledleaf ticktrefoil

Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
panicledleaf ticktrefoil

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Desmodium paniculatum (L.) 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 paniculatum (L.) DC. – panicledleaf ticktrefoil

Wetland Indicator Status:
Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC-

UPL

FACU

UPL

FAC-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.

View species account, photographs, 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 25815.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/01/2009 12:34 AM MDT