Desmodium canescens

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusDesmodium
Species:Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
Common NameHoary Ticktrefoil
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: NRG; 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: Pink; Base Flower Color: Purple; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Ovules per Carpel: 5; Ovules per Carpel: 6; 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 7
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 canescens Hedysarum canescens

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: Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Bourbon (KY), Bracken (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Christian (KY), Estill (KY), Fulton (KY), Greenup (KY), Hart (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), McLean (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Marshall (KY), Nelson (KY), Oldham (KY), Pike (KY), Robertson (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bradley (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Loudon (TN), Madison (TN), Marion (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Tipton (TN), Union (TN), Warren (TN), Wayne (TN), Williamson (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1964 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 17 Sep 1988 Ross C. Clark
21962
EKY
Desmodium canescens
BEREA013410 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium canescens
N/A Johnson Tennessee 30 Jul 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
ETSU006210 Sullivan Tennessee 18 Oct 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
N/A Johnson Tennessee 28 Jul 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
ETSU008401 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
31973000012892 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Desmodium canescens
31973000012893 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Desmodium canescens
31973000012890 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128629 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128650 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128634 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128640 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128623 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128645 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128632 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128651 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128643 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128624 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128628 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128621 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128620 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128622 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0129360 Kentucky
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128638 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128662 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128647 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128656 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128637 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128660 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128625 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128648 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128664 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
31234100424405 Robertson Kentucky 19 Jun 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8160
EKY
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128644 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128653 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128630 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128631 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128642 Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128654 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128663 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128655 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128627 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128661 Union Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
31234100424421 Estill Kentucky 29 Jul 1987 Richard G. Guetig
329
EKY
Desmodium canescens
31234100424447 Bath Kentucky 15 Sep 1984 Julian Campbell
1333
EKY
Desmodium canescens
31234100424488 Cheatham Tennessee 22 Jul 1974 Ronald L. Jones
66
EKY
Desmodium canescens
31234100424371 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 Ross C. Clark
23647
EKY
Desmodium canescens
31234100424454 Barren Kentucky 29 Aug 1993 Charles J. Lapham
153
EKY
Desmodium canescens
31234100424413 Marion Kentucky 24 Sep 1998 Timothy J. Weckman
4399
EKY
Desmodium canescens
31234100773116 Wolfe Kentucky 17 Sep 1988 Ross C. Clark
21962
EKY
Desmodium canescens
31234100424397 Whitley Kentucky 10 Aug 1991 Ronald L. Jones
6813
EKY
Desmodium canescens
31234100424439 Lyon Kentucky 05 Sep 1969 Raymond Athey
803
EKY
Desmodium canescens
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 17 Sep 1988 Ross C. Clark
21962
EKY
Desmodium canescens
UCHT017100 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium canescens
UCHT017103 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium canescens
APSC0083875 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0098971 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128641 Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128633 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128626 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128623TENN-V-0128624 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0129359 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128652 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128646 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128636 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
UCHT017104 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium canescens
UCHT017097 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014042 Christian Kentucky 15 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014003 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014010 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0071330 Bracken Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014016 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128649 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
016930 Carroll Tennessee
BOON
Desmodium canescens
016931 Carroll Tennessee
BOON
Desmodium canescens
APSC0094774 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0083877 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014006 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0030126 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0081528 Greenup Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0096215 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0101093 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0045596 Bourbon Kentucky 16 Aug 2015 Mason Brock
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0084106 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115718 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115715 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115725 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128639 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128635 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
UCHT017106 Anderson Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium canescens
APSC0077744 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014039 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0094773 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014001 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014017 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014018 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014014 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014008 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014002 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115722 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
ETSU016820 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
ETSU026730 Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19886
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128659 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
APSC0030127 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0086760 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
HTTU023839 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium canescens
HTTU027991 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium canescens
UCHT032549 Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115723 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
ETSU009961 Johnson Tennessee 31 Aug 2016 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker
16480
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
MEM014822 Ballard Kentucky 03 Sep 1978 Raymond Athey
4231
MEM
Desmodium canescens
31234100767480 Madison Kentucky 21 Jul 2015 Thomas McFadden
140
EKY
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128657 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0128658 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium canescens
UCHT017098 Anderson Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium canescens
APSC0114739 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0099199 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0084096 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0088899 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014012 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
HTTU023840 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium canescens
MTSU006054 Davidson Tennessee 14 Aug 2001 Angela Cathey
MTSU
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115719 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
ETSU027279 Carter Tennessee 11 Sep 2018 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker
18371
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
MEM016884 Lauderdale Tennessee 02 Sep 1976 Patrick Keiran
723
MEM
Desmodium canescens
MEM009455 Shelby Tennessee 22 Aug 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
427
MEM
Desmodium canescens
ETSU016821 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115727 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
APSC0084105 Logan Kentucky 22 Jul 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014004 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115714 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115713 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115712 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115717 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115716 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
ETSU026767 Hawkins Tennessee 16 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19923
ETSU
Desmodium canescens
UCHT017099 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium canescens
UCHT017105 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium canescens
APSC0088887 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014041 Todd Kentucky 12 Aug 1969 Lloyd Settle
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0083876 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0083878 Greenup Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0086761 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014015 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
HTTU027992 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium canescens
BRIT115724 Tennessee
VDB
Desmodium canescens
TENN-V-0129354 Lyon Kentucky
TENN
Desmodium canescens
APSC0083873 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014011 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014019 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014009 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0086759 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0045595 Bourbon Kentucky 16 Aug 2015 Mason Brock
APSC
Desmodium canescens
HTTU033849 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Desmodium canescens
APSC0088886 McLean Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0099197 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014013 Williamson Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0030125 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium canescens
APSC0094772 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
MEM010917 Tipton Tennessee 17 Sep 1969 Sarah J. Warrington
513
MEM
Desmodium canescens
MEM008478 McCracken Kentucky 01 Sep 1971 Raymond Athey
1502
MEM
Desmodium canescens
APSC0014005 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium canescens
31234100424389 Pike Kentucky 14 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9245
EKY
Desmodium canescens
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Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
Desmodium canescens - Joey Shaw
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