Desmodium rotundifolium

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
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:Prostrate Tick Trefoil is a native herbaceous perennial in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It can be found throughout most of Alabama. Prostrate Tick Trefoil occurs in hardwood forests, on prairies, in cedar glades, and on roadsides. It is usually found in areas with rich, mesic soils. Prostrate Tick Trefoil is a prostrate herbaceous perennial from a tap root. The stems are pubescent with long, soft hairs, trail along the ground, and are up to 6 feet long. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, and pinnately trifoliate. The petiole is pubescent, and stipules are persistent and conspicuous. Leaflets are ovate to suborbicular in outline, and pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers are produced in erect, axillary racemes. Individual flowers are papilionaceous and blush-purple in color. The fruit is a loment with 3-6 segments. The fruit segments are pubescent with hooked hairs on their surface. Prostrate Tick Trefoil often does not produce fruit, especially in the southern portion of its range.—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 rotundifolium DC. - Prostrate Tick Trefoil; Roundleaf Tick Trefoil; Dollar Leaf

Citation

Citation Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 330. 1825.
Basionym: Hedysarum rotundifolium Michaux 1803, non Vahl 1791.
Type: "Carolina",

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
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, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lee, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Pike, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1892 - 1986

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0043019 Baldwin 10 Aug 2004 Larsen, Harry S.
1475		 UWAL
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133493 DeKalb 9 Jun 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8567		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU146206 Cleburne 18 Aug 1992 Hutchinson, Francine
850		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133494 Etowah 4 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3510		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0042505 Bullock 27 Aug 2017 Horne, Howard E.
4160		 UWAL
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
AUA000042827 Cullman Aug 1908 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Rotundifolium Dc.
TROY000046562 Autauga 08 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
914		 TROY
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133486 Calhoun 7 Oct 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1400		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
TROY000019637 Monroe 27 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18308		 TROY
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133492 Clay 2 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
426		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
ALNHS00001537 Clarke 22 May 2012 Horne, Howard E.
SWS-115		 ALNHS
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133499 Marshall 30 May 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4066		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0033467 Winston 22 Sep 2013 England, J. Kevin
4580		 UWAL
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00016702 DeKalb 05 Sep 1898 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133487 Calhoun 7 Sep 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1151		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
TROY000019607 Cleburne 01 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11537		 TROY
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133488 Calhoun 31 Jul 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1405		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133500 Marshall 4 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2808		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0049303 Lauderdale 19 Sep 2020 Finzel, Brian
s.n.		 UWAL
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133501 Marshall 20 Sep 1986 Whetstone, R. David
15713		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133498 Marshall 11 Jun 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00016703 Tuscaloosa 14 Sep 1975 Hoener, Fred K.
1283		 UNA
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133490 Calhoun 7 Oct 1994 Hruska, Susan E.
526		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU145084 St. Clair 03 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12093		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133497 Limestone 29 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18115		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0050258 Madison 29 Aug 2020 Finzel, Brian
s.n.		 UWAL
Desmodium rotundifoloium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00059463 Cleburne 01 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11537		 UNA
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
TROY000043171 Pike 14 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26824		 TROY
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133504 Talladega 15 Jun 1995 Ballard, J. Mark
5510		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00050109 Calhoun 07 Sep 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1151		 UNA
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
UNA00027449 Mobile _ Oct _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133496 Jackson 30 Aug 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7462		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0035816 Blount 05 Oct 2015 Anderson, Kelly
938		 UWAL
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
UNA00016701 DeKalb 05 Sep 1898 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133502 Randolph 21 Sep 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2954		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
TROY000030195 Jackson 26 Aug 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
321		 TROY
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
AUA000030075 Lee 11 Sep 2015 Taylor, Chris T.
CSP-26		 AUA
Desmodium Rotundifolium Dc.
UWFP009246 Baldwin 30 Aug 2014 James R. Burkhalter
24945		 UWFP
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
AUA000040224 Colbert 22 Jul 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH499		 AUA
Desmodium Rotundifolium Dc.
TROY000019636 Butler 21 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19813		 TROY
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
AUA000042830 Cullman 12 Aug 1930 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Rotundifolium Dc.
UNA00016704 Lee 18 Oct 1896 Earle, Franklin S.
s.n.		 UNA
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
JSU133489 Bibb 7 Jun 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1994		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133495 Jackson 5 Aug 1994 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU145291 Cleburne 06 Jul 1992 Hutchinson, Francine
520		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0039600 Pike 14 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26824		 UWAL
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133503 St. Clair 3 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12093		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0046952 Autauga 08 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
914		 UWAL
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0052069 Cherokee 26 Sep 2020 Keener, Brian R.
11982		 UWAL
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
ALNHS00002930 Colbert 22 Jul 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-499		 ALNHS
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
TROY000029327 Wilcox 13 Sep 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20925		 TROY
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
JSU133491 Clay 14 Jun 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2801		 JSU
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
TROY000047065 Coosa Boyd, Bonnie
HF17		 TROY
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
UNA00074042 Jackson 24 Sep 2018 Sorrie, Bruce A.
13661		 UNA
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
TROY000044641 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
28		 TROY
Desmodium rotundifolium A.P. de Candolle
AUA000042831 Cullman 24 Sep 1917 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Desmodium Rotundifolium Dc.
UNA00016736 Talladega 22 Sep 1892 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
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