Desmodium rotundifolium

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Family:	FABACEAE
Species:	Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
Common Name:	Prostrate Tick Trefoil; Roundleaf Tick Trefoil; Dollar Leaf
Habitat:	Open areas in oak-hickory woodlands.
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, G5 (Global Rank)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	FABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus	Desmodium
Species	Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle - Prostrate Tick Trefoil; Roundleaf Tick Trefoil; Dollar Leaf

Citation

Citation	DESMODIUM ROTUNDIFOLIUM de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 330. 1825.
Basionym:	Hedysarum rotundifolium Michaux 1803, non Vahl 1791.
Type:	"Carolina",

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Desmodium rotundifolium var. glabratum	Desmodium rotundifolium de Candolle, var. glabratum A. Gray, Manual, ed. 5. 135. 1867.
Hedysarum rotundifolium	Hedysarum rotundifolium Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 72. 1803, non Vahl 1791.		"Carolina"
Meibomia rotundifolia	Meibomia rotundifolia (de Candolle) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 197. 1891.	Desmodium rotundifolium de Candolle 1825; Hedysarum rotundifolium Michaux 1803, non Vahl 1791.
Meibomia michauxii	Meibomia michauxii Vail, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 140. 1896, nom. illegit.	Desmodium rotundifolium de Candolle 1825; Hedysarum rotundifolium Michaux 1803, non Vahl 1791.

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, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Lee, Limestone, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Pike, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox, Winston

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
JSU133493	DeKalb	9 Jun 1976	R. D. Whetstone 8567	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
TROY000019607	Cleburne	01 Sep 2002	Daniel D. Spaulding 11537	TROY Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU145084	St. Clair	03 Sep 1982	R. D. Whetstone 12093	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133504	Talladega	15 Jun 1995	J. M. Ballard 5510	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU146206	Cleburne	18 Aug 1992	F. Hutchinson 850	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00016702	DeKalb	5 Sep 1898	Charles Mohr s.n.	UNA Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
UWAL0039600	Pike	14 Sep 2015	Diamond, Alvin R. 26824	UWAL Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0043019	Baldwin	10 Aug 2004	Larsen, H.S. 1475	UWAL Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
TROY000019636	Butler	21 Aug 2008	Alvin R. Diamond 19813	TROY Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00016703	Tuscaloosa	14 Sep 1975	Fred K. Hoener 1283	UNA Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
UNA00027449	Mobile	_ Oct _	Charles Mohr s.n.	UNA Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
AUA000030075	Lee	11 Sep 2015	TAYLOR, CHRIS T. CSP-26	AUA DESMODIUM ROTUNDIFOLIUM DC.
TROY000044641	Autauga	01 Sep 2016	Matthew R. Parker 28	TROY Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133489	Bibb	7 Jun 1999	K. R. Brodeur 1994	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133498	Marshall	11 Jun 1993	R. D. Whetstone s.n.	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00016736	Talladega	22 Sep 1892	Charles Mohr s.n.	UNA Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133488	Calhoun	31 Jul 1996	S. E. Hruska 1405	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0042505	Bullock	27 Aug 2017	Horne, Howard E. 4160	UWAL Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133492	Clay	2 Aug 1992	J. M. Ballard 426	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133486	Calhoun	7 Oct 1986	C. L. Lawler 1400	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
TROY000047065	Coosa		Bonnie Boyd HF17	TROY Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133501	Marshall	20 Sep 1986	R. D. Whetstone 15713	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133490	Calhoun	7 Oct 1994	S. E. Hruska 526	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWFP009246	Baldwin	30 Aug 2014	James R. Burkhalter 24945	UWFP Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133496	Jackson	30 Aug 1997	J. M. Ballard 7462	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133487	Calhoun	7 Sep 1986	C. L. Lawler 1151	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
TROY000043171	Pike	14 Sep 2015	Alvin R. Diamond 26824	TROY Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133497	Limestone	29 Jun 1996	R. D. Whetstone 18115	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0033467	Winston	22 Sep 2013	England, J. Kevin 4580	UWAL Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
TROY000046562	Autauga	08 Jun 2017	Matthew R. Parker 914	TROY Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133494	Etowah	4 Sep 1994	L. M. Hodge 3510	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133491	Clay	14 Jun 1993	J. M. Ballard 2801	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU145291	Cleburne	06 Jul 1992	F. Hutchinson 520	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00016701	DeKalb	5 Sep 1898	Charles Mohr s.n.	UNA Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
TROY000030195	Jackson	26 Aug 2009	Terry Wayne Barger 321	TROY Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0035816	Blount	05 Oct 2015	Anderson, Kelly 0938	UWAL Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133500	Marshall	4 Sep 1992	D. D. Spaulding 2808	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00016704	Lee	18 Oct 1896	F. S. Earle s.n.	UNA Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
UNA00050109	Calhoun	7 Sep 1986	C. L. Lawler 1151	UNA Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133495	Jackson	5 Aug 1994	R. D. Whetstone s.n.	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
TROY000029327	Wilcox	13 Sep 2009	Alvin R. Diamond 20925	TROY Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133502	Randolph	21 Sep 1986	C. F. Nixon 2954	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133499	Marshall	30 May 1993	D. D. Spaulding 4066	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00059463	Cleburne	1 Sep 2002	D. D. Spaulding 11537	UNA Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
TROY000019637	Monroe	27 Sep 2007	Alvin R. Diamond 18308	TROY Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133503	St. Clair	3 Sep 1982	R. D. Whetstone 12093	JSU Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle

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Data last modified: 7/9/2020

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Citation Information:

Keener, B. R., A.R. Diamond, L. J. Davenport, P. G. Davison, S. L. Ginzbarg, C. J. Hansen, C. S. Major, D. D. Spaulding, J. K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2020. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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