Index / Search / Desmodium glabellum
§1 Plant
Desmodium glabellum (Michx.) DC.
vernacular Dillenius' ticktrefoil — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Desmodium
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 449 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 449 counties across 23 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Caldwell 21033
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- De Soto 22031
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Clay 37043
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Putnam 47141
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Hampshire 54027
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Logan 54045
- Mason 54053
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tyler 54095
- Wetzel 54103
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DEGL4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2967151 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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