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Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.

Common Name: PANICLED TICK-TREFOIL
Coefficient of Conservatism: 4
Coefficient of Wetness: 3
Wetness Index: FACU
Physiognomy: Nt P-Forb

Moist to dry (chiefly oak) forests and savannas, clearings, shores, ravines; prairies, sandy hillsides and banks.

Some material from Allegan, Mecosta, and Muskegon Cos. has the small flowers and uniform pubescence on the leaflets characteristic of D. paniculatum, but rounded fruit segments as in D. canadense; these specimens may be hybrids.

B. S. Walters

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Counties
Allegan
Barry
Berrien
Calhoun
Cass
Clinton
Hillsdale
Ingham
Ionia
Isabella
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kent
Lake
Lenawee
Livingston
Macomb
Manistee
Mason
Monroe
Newaygo
Oakland
Oceana
Saginaw
Shiawassee
St. Clair
St. Joseph
Van Buren
Washtenaw
Wayne

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/1297