Desmodium marilandicum var. marilandicum
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.
Stems with a few, scattered hairs. Leaves: petiole 12–30 mm, sparsely uncinate-puberulent; terminal leaflet blade ovate, ovate-rhombic, or suborbiculate, 15–25(–40) × 10–17 mm, apex obtuse. Pedicels (6–)8–19 mm.
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Dry, open or regrowth woodland and borders, old fields, roadsides.
Elevation: 0–1000 m.
Distribution
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Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
Variety marilandicum was last documented in Ontario in 1903 and is now considered extirpated.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.