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Desmodium glabellum (Michx.) DC.

Common Name: TICK-TREFOIL
Coefficient of Conservatism: 5
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Forb

Included in D. paniculatum in Michigan Flora.

Dry, sandy, open forests, dry hillsides and banks, borders of dry forests.

We here follow with some trepidation the splitting of the D. paniculatum complex into three species according to Isely (1983) and also annotations by J. Raveill: D. glabellum, D. paniculatum, and D. perplexum. Desmodium glabellum is the most restricted in range and the least common of the D. paniculatum complex and has the broadest leaflets, only ca. 1.3–2.5 times as wide as long.

R. Schipper

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Counties
Allegan
Barry
Berrien
Cass
Hillsdale
Ionia
Kent
Lenawee
Livingston
Macomb
Manistee
Newaygo
Washtenaw

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 17, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1291