Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Desmodium psilophyllum
Desmodium psilophyllum Schltdl.
Simpleleaf Ticktrefoil, Wright's Tickclover, Beggar's Ticks, Sticktights
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: DEPS2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Desmodium psilophyllum
Wright Tickclover
Fabaceae
Location: Medina River Ranch, Gate 9, 300 m N of the Gate.
Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Deep shade. Understory of trees & shrubs. Loose, moist, alkaline soil.
Description: Erect perennial, terete, angled, striate. Leaves unifoliate, alternate, petiolate, stipitate, lance-ovate, 19x45 mm, rounded basally, acute-mucronate apically. Infloresence a terminal raceme. Corolla pink. Fruit not present.
County: Medina
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 13, 1992
Specimen number: 421
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0608
Accession Date: Nov 23, 1993
Accession Number: 44
Annotations: SCXXM