Desmodium glabellum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusDesmodium
Species:Desmodium glabellum (Michx.) DC.
Common NameDillenius Ticktrefoil
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: CCNMP; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: PK; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 3; Base Flower Color: Purple; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Ovules per Carpel: 5; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value 6
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Hedysarum glabellum Hedysarum glabellum Michx.
Meibomia glabella Meibomia glabella Kuntze

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Anderson (KY), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Calloway (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), Edmonson (KY), Elliott (KY), Estill (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jackson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Larue (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), Lewis (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Menifee (KY), Monroe (KY), Montgomery (KY), Nelson (KY), Ohio (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Trigg (KY), Trimble (KY), Whitley (KY), Woodford (KY), Anderson (TN), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Claiborne (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fayette (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), McNairy (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), Wayne (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100752490 Montgomery Kentucky 27 Aug 1984 Julian Campbell
912
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424629 Estill Kentucky 18 Sep 1987 Richard G. Guetig
359
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750114 Letcher Kentucky 09 Sep 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
512b
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750189 Montgomery Kentucky 20 Aug 1984 Julian Campbell
956
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424751 Woodford Kentucky 30 Sep 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3354
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719085 Elliott Kentucky 15 Sep 2012 M. Greene
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100752508 Estill Kentucky 24 Aug 1988 Richard G. Guetig
878
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719069 Pike Kentucky 01 Sep 2008 Julie B. Clark
488
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750213 Powell Kentucky Donald K. Walker
525
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013427 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013430 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013435 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013432 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013443 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719986 Bath Kentucky 22 Aug 1984 Julian Campbell
1002
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424819 Montgomery Kentucky 17 Sep 1984 Julian Campbell
1363
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424652 Jackson Kentucky 09 Aug 1986 Joe Abner
483
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750072 Jessamine Kentucky 24 Jul 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11750
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
N/A Madison Kentucky 27 Aug 1976 J. Stuart Lassetter
2555
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424686 Letcher Kentucky 04 Aug 1978 Jeffery D. Sole
411
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750056 Garrard Kentucky 31 Aug 1983 Donna A. Godbey
486
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750064 Jessamine Kentucky 10 Oct 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11863
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424777 Rockcastle Kentucky 21 Sep 1979 Donald K. Walker
128
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719051 Garrard Kentucky 05 Sep 2010 W. W. Overbeck
853
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719978 Anderson Kentucky 08 Aug 1978 William S. Bryant
434
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013433 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013431 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128761 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719960 Adair Kentucky 25 Aug 1988 Bruce Hoagland
584
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424660 Laurel Kentucky 13 Jul 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-514
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100720000 Estill Kentucky Donald K. Walker
502
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424611 Clinton Kentucky 04 Sep 1999 Mark A. Gorton
1332
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424603 Clark Kentucky 01 Sep 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
6110
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424637 Garrard Kentucky 10 Sep 2010 W. W. Overbeck
874
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750106 Letcher Kentucky 13 Oct 1979 Jeffrey D. Sole
803
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750023 Franklin Kentucky 11 Aug 1981 Steven Rice
FR-770
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013434 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
ETSU006305 Carter Tennessee 29 Aug 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128739 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128740 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128731 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128757 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750163 Menifee Kentucky 19 Aug 1989 Carol Hanley
170
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750205 Powell Kentucky Donald K. Walker
605
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424702 McCreary Kentucky 01 Oct 1989 Ronald L. Jones
6206
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750015 Franklin Kentucky Donald K. Walker
621
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424595 Anderson Kentucky 02 Sep 1978 William S . Bryant
238
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719119 Franklin Kentucky 29 Aug 1984 Steven Rice
FR- 736
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013428 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013426 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013441 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
ETSU005453 Carter Tennessee 09 Sep 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128752 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128741 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128745 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128750 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128754 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750122 Letcher Kentucky 27 Aug 1978 Jeffery D. Sole
505
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424678 Laurel Kentucky 01 Sep 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-716
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424694 Madison Kentucky 15 Sep 1993 Gary W. Libby, Randy L. Mears
OB-134
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750197 Montgomery Kentucky 27 Aug 1984 Julian Campbell
919
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750098 Letcher Kentucky 13 Oct 1979 Jeffrey D. Sole
804
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750130 Letcher Kentucky 05 Aug 1978 Jeffery D. Sole
435
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013440 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013436 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128753 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128743 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128759 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128762 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128724 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
UCHT017119 Grundy Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium glabellum
N/A Franklin Kentucky None given Don K. Walker
486
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719945 Cumberland Kentucky 04 Oct 1997 Carrie L. Tilton
192
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750080 Letcher Kentucky 09 Sep 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
513
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424801 Montgomery Kentucky 18 Sep 1984 Julian Campbell
1412
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424744 Ohio Kentucky 07 Oct 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5963
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750171 Montgomery Kentucky 18 Sep 1984 Julian Campbell
1402
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128735 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128747 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128736 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128729 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
UCHT017122 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0079986 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0084098 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0030039 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424710 Powell Kentucky 06 Sep 2001 Timothy J. Weckman
6742
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100752482 Powell Kentucky Donald K. Walker
537
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750031 Franklin Kentucky Donald K. Walker
560
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719077 Garrard Kentucky 12 Sep 2011 W. W. Overbeck
1506
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100750148 Madison Kentucky 08 Sep 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3281
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719994 Clark Kentucky 30 Aug 1955 Mary Ruth Beckett
1016
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013438 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013437 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128734 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128727 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128763 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0077737 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0094779 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0098935 Bell Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0084103 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128737 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128746 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
UCHT017123 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0084104 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0038410 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0077738 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0030038 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0084100 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0088856 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0030042 Montgomery Tennessee 15 Sep 1984 Edward Chester
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0079985 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0077741 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
HTTU023844 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium glabellum
HTTU023846 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium glabellum
HTTU025470 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0030046 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0088883 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0030041 Stewart Tennessee 23 Sep 1990 James Joyner
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0081529 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0050731 Larue Kentucky 21 Aug 1993 Landon McKinney
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0030040 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0030043 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0030045 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0088855 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
HTTU023848 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium glabellum
HTTU031384 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium glabellum
UOS02731 Franklin Tennessee 29 Aug 2003 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115979 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115983 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115993 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128725 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128726 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128732 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128738 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128728 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128758 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128760 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0077740 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0088862 Hopkins Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0077739 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0111587 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
HTTU034112 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium glabellum
HTTU023847 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium glabellum
UCHT035361 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT121559 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115987 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 29 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
ETSU026879 Hawkins Tennessee 29 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
191035
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
ETSU026726 Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19882
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128730 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128755 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128744 Union Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA024515 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0084102 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0055040 Chester Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0088888 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115977 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115989 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115976 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013442 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
N/A Sullivan Tennessee 22 Aug 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128749 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128742 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128756 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0129327 McCreary Kentucky
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128751 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0099093 Bell Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0077736 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0084099 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
HTTU023845 Bledsoe Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115990 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115984 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0088884 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0099201 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115992 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115985 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115981 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115986 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
ETSU009963 Washington Tennessee 31 Aug 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0055339 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
HTTU023843 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium glabellum
UOS02730 Franklin Tennessee 11 Sep 2012 Jon Evans
UOS
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115978 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115974 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115991 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
N/A Madison Kentucky 22 Aug 2015 Thomas McFadden
161
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 19 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
ETSU026805 Hawkins Tennessee 19 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19961
ETSU
Desmodium glabellum
MEM007533 McCracken Kentucky 08 Sep 1971 Raymond Athey
1521
MEM
Desmodium glabellum
31234100719952 Bath Kentucky 22 Aug 1984 Julian Campbell
997
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424645 Harlan Kentucky 09 Aug 1999 Timothy J. Weckman
5407
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
31234100424728 Powell Kentucky 22 Sep 2004 Timothy J. Weckman
9029
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013439 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
BEREA013429 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128748 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128733 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
TENN-V-0128723 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0084101 Trimble Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
APSC0094777 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115982 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115988 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
BRIT115980 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium glabellum
31234100767456 Madison Kentucky 26 Aug 2014 Thomas McFadden
40
EKY
Desmodium glabellum
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