Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. var. epetiolatum Schub.
Detail
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Botanical Name
- Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. var. epetiolatum Schub.
- Common Name
- Narrow-leaf Tick-trefoil, Panicled-leaf Tick-trefoil
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. var epetiolatum Schub.
- Comments
- This var., occuring on the Coastal Plain of se. VA to se. NC or e. SC, is typically very robust (up to 2 m tall) and intricately branched. Compared to var. paniculatum, it has much shorter-petioled (subsessile) leaves that are more coriaceus, revolute, and blunt-tipped; its loment segments have rounded lower margins (vs. sharply triangular in var. paniculatum). It has been suspected of being a hybrid, but forms large, morphologically consistent populations in the absence of likely parents, e.g. at the Antioch Pines State Natural Area Preserve in Isle of Wight County. Further study is needed.
- Habitat
- Boggy flatwoods and low, sandy clearings, in areas where longleaf pine was formerly common. Rare, inner s. Coastal Plain; known only from the city of Suffolk and Isle of Wight County.
- Native Status
- Native
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