Desmodium canescens

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Desmodium canescens (L.) Poir.
Common Name:Hoary Tick Trefoil
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Hoary Tick Trefoil is a native herbaceous perennial in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It occurs in scattered areas across Alabama. Hoary Tick Trefoil grows along the margins of rich hardwood forests, around the edges of prairies, along streams, and along roads. It is an erect perennial with stems 3-6 feet in height. The stems are pubescent with both straight and uncinate (hooked) hairs. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, and pinnately trifoliate. The stipules are large and clasping at the base. The leaflets are ovate to lanceolate in outline, uncinate pubescent (especially on the lower leaf surface), with entire margins. The flowers are produced in a terminal panicle. The flowers are papilionaceous and pink/purple in color. The fruit is a segmented legume known as a loment. The loment is uncinate pubescent and has 4-6 segments. The fruit segments of Tick Trefoils are commonly called Beggar’s Lice. They attach to clothing or animal hair as a means of dispersal.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, G5 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Desmodium
Species Desmodium canescens (L.) Poir. - Hoary Tick Trefoil

Citation

Citation Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) Poiret, Dict. Sci. Nat. (ed. 2) 13: 110. 1819.
Basionym: Hedysarum canescens L. 1753.
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 209 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal, in Turland & C.E. Jarvis, Taxon 46: 471. 1997.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Desmodium aikinianum Desmodium aikinianum L. C. Beck, Bot. North. Middle States 84. 1833.  
Desmodium canadense var. hirsutum Desmodium canadense (Linnaeus) de Candolle, var. hirsutum Hooker, Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 22. 1835. MISSOURI: St. Louis Co.: St. Louis, s.d., Drummond s.n. (holotype: K?).
Desmodium canescens var. villosissimum Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) de Candolle, var. villosissimum Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 365. 1840, nom. illegit.Desmodium canadense (Linnaeus) de Candolle, var. hirsutum Hooker 1835. 
Hedysarum canescens Hedysarum canescens Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 748. 1753. VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 209 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Reveal, in Turland & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 46: 471. 1997.
Hedysarum aikinii Hedysarum aikinii Eaton, Man. Bot., ed. 7. 325. 1836, nom. illegit.Desmodium aikinianum L. C. Beck 1833. 
Hedysarum scaberrimum Hedysarum scaberrimum Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 217. 1824. SOUTH CAROLINA
Meibomia canescens var. hirsuta Meibomia canescens (Linnaeus) Kuntze, var. hirsuta (Hooker) Vail, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 111. 1892.Desmodium canadense (Linnaeus) de Candolle, var. hirsutum Hooker 1835. 
Pleurolobus canescens Pleurolobus canescens (Linnaeus) MacMillan, Metasp. Minnesota Valley 320. 1892.Hedysarum canescens Linnaeus 1753. 
Meibomia canescens Meibomia canescens (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 195. 1891.Hedysarum canescens Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Choctaw, Clarke, Covington, Cullman, Dallas, Etowah, Greene, Henry, Lowndes, Macon, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Talladega, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1920 - 1982

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0006840 Butler 06 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18047		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
TROY000047840 Autauga 24 Aug 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1152		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A. P. de Candolle
JSU131355 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12009		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
JSU131357 Clarke 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18781		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000019258 Montgomery 14 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20018		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0036132 Clarke 29 May 2015 Keener, Brian R.
8912		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011495 Macon 30 Jul 1969 Owens, James R.
089		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
AUA000011491 Choctaw 26 Aug 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1181		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
AUA000042699 Cullman 26 Sep 1917 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
UNA00015957 Talladega _ Sep 1877 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
TROY000045193 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
6		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A. P. de Candolle
JSU131360 Etowah 25 Aug 1968 Clonts, Jerry A.
s.n.		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00008769 Lowndes 06 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1109		 UNA
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
AUA000011493 Henry 24 Aug 1969 Moore, Harold D.
536-69		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
UWAL0047220 Autauga 24 Aug 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1152		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A. P. de Candolle
JSU131368 Etowah 20 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3099		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000042703 Cullman 13 Jun 1918 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
UNA00015958 Cullman 02 Jul 1920 Wolf, Wolfgang
s.n.		 UNA
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
TROY000044559 Greene 07 Aug 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13046		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000025232 Greene 7 Aug 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13046		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
UWAL0046601 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
6		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A. P. de Candolle
AUA000032676 Covington 14 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4910		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
AUA000011490 Bibb 9 Jun 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1526		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
UWAL0034052 Pickens 11 Sep 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6700		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000030512 Morgan 6 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5686		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
AUA000042663 Cullman 9 Oct 1917 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
UWAL0006842 Monroe 13 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18102		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
ALNHS00007455 Morgan 21 AUG 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4827		 ALNHS
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
AUA000011492 Covington 21 Oct 1982 Wilburn, John C.
95		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
JSU131356 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
266		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0002340 Greene 07 Aug 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13046		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
TROY000035321 Dallas 27 Aug 2012 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000042662 Cullman Aug 1908 Wolf, Wolfgang
892		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
UWAL0053407 Cullman 12 Jun 1918 Wolf, W.
38		 UWAL
Desmodium cacenscens (L.) DC.
UWAL0032473 Cullman 15 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4781		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000043139 Montgomery 24 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26858		 TROY
Desmondium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0030704 Montgomery 24 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26858		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) AP de Candolle
AUA000011496 Wilcox 9 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1290		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
UWAL0002339 Greene 07 Aug 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13046		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
JSU131362 Marshall 6 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
553		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000042707 Cullman 12 Jun 1918 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
UWAL0053408 Cullman 26 Sep 1917 Wolf, W.
27		 UWAL
Desmodium cacenscens (L.) DC.
UWAL0018720 Calhoun 23 Aug 1996 Kral, Robert
86614		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC
UWAL0038902 Covington 14 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4910		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
AUA000011497 Wilcox 21 Aug 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15673		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
TROY000048358 Pickens 11 Sep 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6700		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
JSU131364 Talladega 9 Sep 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4942		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0006841 Butler 02 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18023		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
AUA000011489 Choctaw 26 Dec 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1181		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
AUA000042704 Cullman 29 Aug 1917 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
TROY000019260 Monroe 13 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18102		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
JSU131353 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12003		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
JSU131363 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18522		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000019256 Butler 02 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18023		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0030492 Morgan 06 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5686		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000019259 Monroe 17 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18187		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011494 Lowndes 6 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1109		 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
JSU131359 Etowah 7 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2998		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000042706 Cullman 26 Sep 1917 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
TROY000043655 Morgan 06 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5686		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
ALNHS00000879 Monroe 23 Aug 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-327		 ALNHS
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
JSU131352 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12003		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
JSU131361 Etowah 25 Aug 1968 Clonts, Jerry A.
s.n.		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00053997 Blount 06 Sep 1997 Keener, Brian R.
384		 UNA
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
UWAL0014939 Dallas 27 Aug 2012 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000019257 Butler 06 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18047		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
JSU131358 Etowah 27 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3256		 JSU
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000042705 Cullman 14 Sep 1917 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Canescens (L.) Dc.
TROY000005039 Wilcox 21 Aug 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15673		 TROY
Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
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