Desmodium ciliare

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusDesmodium
Species:Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.
Common NameHairy Small Leaf Ticktrefoil
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; 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; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Ovules per Carpel: 2; 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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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
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

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Bell (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Hardin (KY), Hart (KY), Hopkins (KY), Larue (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Marion (KY), Meade (KY), Pike (KY), Pulaski (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Whitley (KY), Anderson (TN), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Claiborne (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Decatur (TN), Dickson (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Houston (TN), Knox (TN), Macon (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Williamson (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1941 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
ETSU008400 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Desmodium ciliare
ETSU006306 Carter Tennessee 29 Aug 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128666 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128702 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128678 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128697 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128696 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128704 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128698 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128670 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128705 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128700 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128686 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128673 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128683 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128691 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128694 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128682 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128675 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128692 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128665 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128695 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128674 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128677 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128672 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128667 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128689 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128687 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128703 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128669 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128679 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128699 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0129401 Hardin Kentucky
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128685 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128693 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128680 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128684 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128681 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128676 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128701 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128688 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128690 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128668 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
TENN-V-0128671 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Desmodium ciliare
UCHT017110 Blount Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium ciliare
UCHT017112 Anderson Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium ciliare
UCHT017108 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium ciliare
UCHT023468 Scott Tennessee 18 Oct 2017 Roger McCoy
UCHT
Desmodium ciliare
UCHT023469 Scott Tennessee 18 Oct 2017 Roger McCoy
UCHT
Desmodium ciliare
016933 Macon Tennessee
BOON
Desmodium ciliare
016936 Carroll Tennessee
BOON
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030074 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0081538 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0094770 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030093 Montgomery Tennessee 15 Sep 1984 Edward W. Chester
84-580
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0077733 Larue Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0084417 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0086212 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0076234 Pulaski Kentucky 18 Aug 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030067 Stewart Tennessee 26 Sep 1986 Edward W. Chester
86-1202
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0081534 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0086220 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030068 Stewart Tennessee 03 Sep 1980 Jackie Stack
857
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0094769 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0116587 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0083865 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030082 Putnam Tennessee 21 Sep 1978 Richard Simmers
3237
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0094771 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030071 Stewart Tennessee 02 Sep 1987 Edward W. Chester, Lance Richardson
87-750
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0070251 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030088 Knox Tennessee 12 Oct 1967 WM. F. Mahler
4672
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0083862 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0070622 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0083864 Breckinridge Kentucky 31 Jul 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030083 Houston Tennessee 03 Sep 1989 Edward W. Chester, Bonnie Chester
89-721
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0083872 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0083869 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030073 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0081535 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030081 Henry Tennessee 08 Sep 1989 J. A. Raveill
2751
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0081537 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030078 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030080 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0077734 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0083917 Coffee Tennessee 29 Jul 1987 Max E. Medley, John Medley
17565-87
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030086 Montgomery Tennessee 04 Sep 1974 Edward W. Chester
2893
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0086222 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0088861 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0085954 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030090 Montgomery Tennessee 19 Sep 1984 Kevin H. Souza
#84-159
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0091738 Chester Tennessee 04 Sep 2017 Claude Bailey, Jr.
17153
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030079 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030092 Stewart Tennessee 30 Sep 1984 Edward W. Chester
84-619
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0077735 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030075 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030085 Roane Tennessee 15 Aug 1974 S. F Hale F. E. Williams
48571
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030095 Montgomery Tennessee 10 Oct 1941 R.E. Shanks
1013
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030076 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0050535 Decatur Tennessee 05 Sep 2006 Dwayne Estes with J. Beck & B. Jones
9453
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030094 Montgomery Tennessee 03 Sep 1949 Floyd Brown and Alfred Clebsch
Coll. # not given.; APSC 505
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0081536 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0090315 Caldwell Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030091 Montgomery Tennessee 04 Aug 1998 Edward W. Chester
13469
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0083863 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0069225 Pulaski Kentucky 05 Sep 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0045561 Cumberland Tennessee 07 Sep 1967 P. J. Crutchfield, Sandra Ittenbach.
5595
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030069 Stewart Tennessee 22 Aug 1981 Edward W. Chester
81-688
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0083866 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0081533 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0083871 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0099159 Hopkins Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030072 Stewart Tennessee 19 Aug 1986 Edward W. Chester
86-880
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030084 Benton Tennessee 03 Sep 1992 Edward W. Chester
12867
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030070 Stewart Tennessee 06 Sep 1984 Edward W. Chester with Kevin Souza
84-525
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0030077 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0086249 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0074764 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
APSC0102346 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Desmodium ciliare
UCHT032550 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium ciliare
UOS02725 Coffee Tennessee 18 Sep 1996 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
UOS
Desmodium ciliare
ETSU016822 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Desmodium ciliare
ETSU027277 Carter Tennessee 11 Sep 2018 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker
18369
ETSU
Desmodium ciliare
UCHT043022 Chester Tennessee
UCHT
Desmodium ciliare
31234100424520 Marion Kentucky 24 Sep 1998 Ross C. Clark
23991
EKY
Desmodium ciliare
31234100425311 Bell Kentucky 28 Aug 2005 Amy V. McIntosh
1340
EKY
Desmodium ciliare
31234100424512 Hardin Kentucky 15 Sep 1978 Ray Cranfill
1655
EKY
Desmodium ciliare
31234100424538 Pike Kentucky 25 Aug 1965 Edward T. Browne Jr.
11221
EKY
Desmodium ciliare
31234100424496 Calloway Kentucky 25 Sep 1984 Raymond Athey
5031
EKY
Desmodium ciliare
BEREA013411 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Desmodium ciliare
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Desmodium ciliare - Tara Littlefield
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