Desmodium Plants — Species, Care & Identification
Desmodium is a plant genus in the Fabaceae family. PlantoScan has care guides for 30 species in this genus. Each guide covers watering, light, soil, hardiness zone and pet toxicity, with sources.
Desmodium species
Showy tick-trefoil
Desmodium canadense
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2002.Public domainWikimedia Commons
Largeflower Tick Trefoil
Desmodium cuspidatum
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 399. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.Public domainWikimedia Commons
Hedysarum glabellum
Desmodium glabellum
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 400. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.Public domainWikimedia Commons
Illinois Tick-trefoil
Desmodium illinoense
Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USACC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Spanish Clover
Desmodium incanum
Dennis VollmarCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized
Greenleaf Desmodium
Desmodium intortum
Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., CanadaCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Soft tick trefoil
Desmodium molliculum
Roxana SepúlvedaCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Panicled tick trefoil
Desmodium paniculatum
kent_ozmentCC0Wikimedia Commons
Sessileleaf Tickclover
Desmodium sessilifolium
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 398. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.Public domainWikimedia Commons
Tick Trefoil
Desmodium tortuosum
Forest & Kim StarrCC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Silverleaf desmodium
Desmodium uncinatum
Macleay Grass ManCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
- Desmodium acanthocladumDesmodium acanthocladumPlantoScan
Desmodium acanthocladum
- Tick TrefoilDesmodium ciliarePlantoScan
Tick Trefoil
Desmodium ciliare
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldiiPlantoScan
Fernald's Tick-trefoil
Desmodium fernaldii
- Florida Tick TrefoilDesmodium floridanumPlantoScan
Florida Tick Trefoil
Desmodium floridanum
- Spreading Tick TrefoilDesmodium humifusumPlantoScan
Spreading Tick Trefoil
Desmodium humifusum
- Desmodium laevigatumDesmodium laevigatumPlantoScan
Desmodium laevigatum
- Lined Tick TrefoilDesmodium lineatumPlantoScan
Lined Tick Trefoil
Desmodium lineatum
- Maryland Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicumPlantoScan
Maryland Tick-trefoil
Desmodium marilandicum
- Desmodium obtusumDesmodium obtusumPlantoScan
Desmodium obtusum
- Perplexing Tick TrefoilDesmodium perplexumPlantoScan
Perplexing Tick Trefoil
Desmodium perplexum
- Desmodium prostratumDesmodium prostratumPlantoScan
Desmodium prostratum
- Desmodium purpusiiDesmodium purpusiiPlantoScan
Desmodium purpusii
- Desmodium rhytidophyllumDesmodium rhytidophyllumPlantoScan
Desmodium rhytidophyllum
- Desmodium strictumDesmodium strictumPlantoScan
Desmodium strictum
- Desmodium tenuifoliumDesmodium tenuifoliumPlantoScan
Desmodium tenuifolium
- Desmodium tweedyiDesmodium tweedyiPlantoScan
Desmodium tweedyi
- Desmodium variansDesmodium variansPlantoScan
Desmodium varians
- Green-flowered Tick TrefoilDesmodium viridiflorumPlantoScan
Green-flowered Tick Trefoil
Desmodium viridiflorum
- Creeping Tick TrefoilDesmodium ×humifusumPlantoScan
Creeping Tick Trefoil
Desmodium ×humifusum
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