Characteristics
Dicots
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
FABALES
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).
Species Distribution Map

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Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Desmodium tortuosum - 69
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Desmodium tortuosum - 69
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Desmodium tortuosum - 69
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Desmodium tortuosum - 69
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Desmodium tortuosum - 98
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Desmodium tortuosum - 98
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Desmodium tortuosum - 98
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Desmodium tortuosum - 155
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Desmodium tortuosum - 155
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Desmodium tortuosum - 258
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