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 inside the gate.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Deep shade. Understory of trees & shrubs. Loose, moist, alkaline soil.
Description: Erect perennial, terete, striate. Leaves alternate, unifoliate, entire, petiolate, stipitate, lance-ovate, to 21x55 mm, rounded basally, acute-mucronate apically. Infloresence a terminal raceme. Corolla pink. Loment stipitate, 4-articled (or more). Articles eliptic to obovate.
County: Medina
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 6 1992
Specimen number: 448
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0657
Accession Date: Feb 22, 1994
Accession Number: 48
Annotations: SCFXM