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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium ochroleucum   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium ochroleucum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Desmodium ochroleucum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-005:

Desmodium ochroleucum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Meibomia ochroleuca

 

COMMON NAME:
White Tick-trefoil, Creamflower Tick-trefoil, Cream Tick-trefoil


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image of Desmodium ochroleucum, White Tick-trefoil, Creamflower Tick-trefoil, Cream Tick-trefoil

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_meoc_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmodium ochroleucum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmodium ochroleucum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmodium ochroleucum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-26-005:
Desmodium ochroleucum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Meibomia ochroleuca

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4552

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands and barrens, especially over calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Creamy white
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Flowers in axillary racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Loment with 2-4 subelliptic to subrhombic segments

 

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