Desmodium tortuosum

The name of this species does not match your search because Desmodium tortuosum is indicated as the accepted name for Hedysarum purpureum.
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
Common Name:Dixie Tick Trefoil
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Dixie Tick Trefoil is an introduced herbaceous perennial in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It is native to the Caribbean and tropical America. In Alabama it can be found primarily in the southern half of the state. Dixie Tick Trefoil occurs in row crops, around the edges of fields and pastures, on roadsides, along railroads, and in other disturbed habitats. It is a perennial with a tap root. Stems are erect, 4-8 feet in height, green or purple-red in color, and pubescent with hooked hairs. Leaves are alternate, petiolate (the petiole grooved on the upper side), pinnately 3-foliate, with large, papery, ovate-triangular stipules. The leaflets are ovate to ovate-lanceolate in outline, entire, and pubescent on both surfaces with hooked hairs. The terminal leaflet is larger than the lateral leaflets. The flowers are produced in terminal and axillary racemes. The small papilionaceous flowers are blue-mauve, pink, or blue-green in color. The fruit is a segmented legume breaking into one-seeded segments. The segments are equally rounded above and below. The fruit are covered in hooked hairs that adhere to clothing and fur. Dixie Tick Trefoil is sometimes cultivated as a green manure or forage. It is considered an invasive species in the United States, and is often a major weed of row crops.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Desmodium
Species Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC. - Dixie Tick Trefoil

Citation

Citation Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 332. 1825.
Basionym: Hedysarum tortuosum Sw. 1788.
Type: JAMAICA: Without data, Swartz s.n. (holotype: S).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Desmodium purpureum Desmodium purpureum (Miller) Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 36. 1920, non Hooker & Arnott 1832.Hedysarum purpureum Miller 1768. 
Hedysarum purpureum Hedysarum purpureum Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768. MEXICO: Veracruz: Without data, Houston s.n. (holotype: BM).
Hedysarum tortuosum Hedysarum tortuosum Swartz, Prodr. 107. 1788. JAMAICA: Without data, Swartz s.n. (holotype: S).
Meibomia tortuosa Meibomia tortuosa (Swartz) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198. 1891.Hedysarum tortuosum Swartz 1788. 
Meibomia purpurea Meibomia purpurea (Miller) Vail, in Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 639. 1903.Hedysarum purpureum Miller 1768. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Fayette, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Talladega, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 1965

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
TROY000005125 Coffee 08 Aug 2000 Martin, Brian H.
840
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011688 Pike 4 Sep 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9354
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UWAL0046024 Autauga 03 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
271
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0031775 Coffee 20 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87706
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC
TROY000005129 Covington 07 Nov 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14878
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005122 Coffee 25 Aug 1999 Martin, Brian H.
113
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011663 Clarke 10 Sep 1975 Maddox, William K.
058
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UWAL0030071 Montgomery 24 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26760
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P.de Candolle
ALNHS00000622 Baldwin 13 Sep 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-721
ALNHS
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
UWAL0006856 Henry 11 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15751
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
TROY000005136 Houston 08 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11587
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011689 Pike 23 Aug 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9870
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000005127 Conecuh 21 Oct 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12814
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011666 Conecuh 3 Aug 1969 Weaver, Jimmy
117
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UWAL0011023 Butler 13 Jul 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23169
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011661 Baldwin 2 Sep 1970 Kral, Robert
40038
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000005131 Crenshaw 30 Sep 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12695
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011672 Dale 15 Sep 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7741
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UWAL0004899 Covington 17 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15790
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00059493 Houston 08 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11587
UNA
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
AUA000011673 Dale 11 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15758
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000042790 Montgomery 24 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26760
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005135 Houston 02 Sep 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14653
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011670 Crenshaw 4 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9915
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000033900 Coffee 04 Oct 2011 Counts, Kayla
45
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00073034 Houston 05 Nov 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP-244
UNA
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
UWAL0031894 Dale 26 Jun 1991 Kral, Robert
79186
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005133 Geneva 08 Nov 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14879
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00016809 Mobile 26 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D734
UNA
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
AUA000011677 Geneva 5 Jul 1970 Smith, Wayne
080
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
AUA000011682 Henry 7 Jul 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5151
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UWAL0043958 Baldwin 21 Sep 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
499
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
UWAL0043917 Baldwin 11 Sep 2006 Larsen, Harry S.
1544
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
TROY000019639 Baldwin 14 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12347
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011671 Dale 23 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6081
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
AUA000011669 Crenshaw 30 Oct 1971 Kapa, Milton
111
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UNA00054096 Blount 15 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1475
UNA
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
AUA000011675 Fayette 23 Oct 1954 Moore, William H.
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
ALNHS00005115 Butler 24 AUG 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3273
ALNHS
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
UWAL0019815 Houston 13 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26720
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de. Candolle
AUA000011685 Lee Davis, Donald E.
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000032945 Dale 19 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15808
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005138 Pike 30 Jul 1996 Holmes, Jeanese
227
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0004900 Geneva 18 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15796
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000032440 Henry 26 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16960
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A. P. de Candolle
AUA000011684 Henry 11 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15751
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000005121 Bullock 12 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13576
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0035613 Mobile 13 Sep 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2384
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011686 Monroe 29 Aug 1960 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
242
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UNA00063981 Dale 11 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15758
UNA
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
AUA000011676 Fayette 23 Oct 1954 Moore, William H.
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000019640 Geneva 28 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19856
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011690 Talladega 28 Aug 1975 Rutland, David W.
978
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000032438 Geneva 18 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15796
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A. P. de Candolle
TROY000005124 Coffee 03 Sep 2006 Hendrix, Jake
30
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000038540 Lee 28 Oct 1956 Hocking, George M.
2002
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000042601 Houston 13 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26720
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
USAM000006349 Mobile 04 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3485
USAM
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005132 Dale 11 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15758
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011683 Henry 13 Aug 1981 Rickerl, D.
196
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
AUA000011679 Henry 13 Aug 1960 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
254
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UNA00064367 Covington 07 Nov 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14878
UNA
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
AUA000032686 Covington 14 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4989
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000035293 Butler 13 Jul 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23169
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000033907 Houston 24 Sep 2011 Senn, Whitney
56
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000032439 Geneva 08 Oct 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17033
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A. P. de Candolle
UWAL0004901 Henry 26 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16960
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011668 Covington 7 Nov 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
14878
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UWAL0043916 Baldwin 17 Aug 2007 Larsen, Harry S.
1632
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
UWAL0049211 Bullock 19 Jun 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3351
UWAL
Desmodium totuosum (Swartz) A. P. de Candolle
UNA00016806 Tuscaloosa s.d. Glenboski, Linda Leigh
64
UNA
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
AUA000011680 Henry 29 Jul 1971 Guthrie, C.D.
133
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
AUA000011687 Monroe 29 Aug 1960 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
241
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UNA00065018 Henry 11 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15751
UNA
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
AUA000037759 Covington 16 Aug 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5244
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000032946 Crenshaw 28 Aug 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11381
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011667 Covington 26 Aug 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5412
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000032441 Pike 18 Oct 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12788
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A. P. de Candolle
TROY000005128 Conecuh 29 Sep 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12691
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011678 Geneva 8 Nov 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14879
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000005137 Pike 12 Oct 2002 Belcher, Richard
4
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005134 Henry 11 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15751
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011674 Elmore 5 Aug 1969 Rebois, R.V.
133
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000005126 Coffee 01 Sep 1999 Martin, Brian H.
113
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011681 Henry 2 Nov 1980 Webb, A.L.
227
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UWAL0006855 Baldwin 14 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12347
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
TROY000005130 Covington 07 Nov 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14878
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005123 Coffee 21 Apr 2000 Martin, Brian H.
601
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011662 Barbour 25 Jul 1972 Luckett, Larry
128
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
UWAL0004898 Dale 19 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15808
UWAL
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
ALNHS00000621 Baldwin 13 Sep 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-721
ALNHS
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
AUA000011665 Conecuh 12 Sep 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3612
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000044716 Autauga 03 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
271
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000011664 Coffee 22 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6064
AUA
Desmodium Tortuosum (Sw.) Dc.
TROY000032442 Covington 17 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15790
TROY
Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) A. P. de Candolle
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