Desmodium tortuosum

Characteristics
Dicots
FABACEAE
Desmodium
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.)DC.
DIXIE TICKTREFOIL
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Here considered non-native, Webster & Cardina (2004) found the earliest specimen in Florida in Leon Co. from 1843; it was collected in Miami in 1878 (Garber s.n., BRU).
Not Native FAC (NWPL)
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Classification
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FABALES
Desmodium
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.)DC. - DIXIE TICKTREFOIL
Citation
DESMODIUM TORTUOSUM (Swartz) de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 332. 1825.
Hedysarum tortuosum Swartz 1788.
JAMAICA: Without data, Swartz s.n. (holotype: S).
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Species Distribution Map
Plant Photos
Desmodium tortuosum - 69
Desmodium tortuosum - Dennis Girard View Full Size
Desmodium tortuosum - 69
Desmodium tortuosum - Dennis Girard View Full Size
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Desmodium tortuosum - Roger Hammer View Full Size
Desmodium tortuosum - 98
Desmodium tortuosum - Guy Anglin View Full Size
Desmodium tortuosum - 155
Desmodium tortuosum - Kathy L. Tew View Full Size
Desmodium tortuosum - 155
Desmodium tortuosum - Kathy L. Tew View Full Size
Desmodium tortuosum - 98
Desmodium tortuosum - Guy Anglin View Full Size
Desmodium tortuosum - 98
Desmodium tortuosum - Guy Anglin View Full Size
Desmodium tortuosum - 69
Desmodium tortuosum - Dennis Girard View Full Size
Desmodium tortuosum - 69
Desmodium tortuosum - Dennis Girard View Full Size