Index / Search / Desmodium nuttallii
§1 Plant
Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub.
vernacular Nuttall's ticktrefoil — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Desmodium
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 225 counties across 19 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 225 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Lawrence 17101
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Monroe 17133
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Scott 17171
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- McDonald 29119
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Webster 29225
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Chowan 37041
- Cumberland 37051
- Edgecombe 37065
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Orange 37135
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Clay 47027
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Maury 47119
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
Texas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Goochland 51075
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- James City 51095
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DENU5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2967609 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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