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§1 Plant

Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.

vernacular panicledleaf ticktrefoil — species · Fabaceae


USDA
DEPA6
GBIF
2967543
Rank
species
panicledleaf ticktrefoil (Desmodium paniculatum)
Platephotograph · Douglas GoldmanCC BY-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Desmodium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,175 counties across 32 states/territories
Legend Native · 1175 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Low
Fire
None
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-13 °F minimum
Frost-free days
180 min.
Precipitation
45–90 in/yr
pH range
6–7
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
3 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
Low
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
200,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,175 counties across 32 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 9 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 49 N
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 37 N
Georgia view state ↗ 25 N
Illinois view state ↗ 78 N
Indiana view state ↗ 58 N
Iowa view state ↗ 7 N
Kansas view state ↗ 34 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 51 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 54 N
Maine view state ↗ 4 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N
Michigan view state ↗ 32 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 30 N
Missouri view state ↗ 88 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 21 N
New York view state ↗ 41 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 80 N
Ohio view state ↗ 60 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 23 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 57 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 34 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 54 N
Texas view state ↗ 76 N
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N
Virginia view state ↗ 91 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 38 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/DEPA6 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2967543 ↗

Record version

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