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Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 Common statewide in forested habitats in North Carolina. Flower stems are leafless and leafy stems are flowerless in this species, hence its name! | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 Calyx lobes are shorter than the calyx tube and stamens are monodelphous. These are two of the characters that support splitting this group into the genus Hylodesmum and out of Desmodium. | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 With thumbnail for size comparison | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 Leaves pubescent with ciliate margins | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 | |
Naked Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum, Desmodium nudiflorum) Edge of mixed woods dirt roadside, Korstian Division, Duke Forest 10 July 2013 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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