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

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
 
Baker
USF
 
Bay
FSU
 
Brevard
USF
 
Broward
USF
 
Calhoun
USF
 
Citrus
USF
 
Clay
USF
 
Collier
USF
 
Columbia
FLAS
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Desmodium purpureum
Desmodium purpureum (Miller) Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 36. 1920, non Hooker & Arnott 1832.
BASIONYM: Hedysarum purpureum Miller 1768.
 
Hedysarum purpureum
Hedysarum purpureum Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.
 
TYPE: MEXICO: Veracruz: Without data, Houston s.n. (holotype: BM).
Hedysarum tortuosum
Hedysarum tortuosum Swartz, Prodr. 107. 1788.
 
TYPE: JAMAICA: Without data, Swartz s.n. (holotype: S).
Meibomia purpurea
Meibomia purpurea (Miller) Vail, in Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 639. 1903.
BASIONYM: Hedysarum purpureum Miller 1768.
 
Meibomia tortuosa
Meibomia tortuosa (Swartz) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198. 1891.
BASIONYM: Hedysarum tortuosum Swartz 1788.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Notes
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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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