Fabaceae
Hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil
Desmodium ciliare
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Desmodium ciliareFabaceae
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Common names
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- English
- Hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil
Synonyms
- Desmodium ciliare var. ciliare
- Desmodium ciliare var. lancifolium Fernald & B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium ciliosum Hook.
- Desmodium marilandicum var. ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) H.Ohashi
- Desmodium marilandicum var. lancifolium (Fernald & B.G.Schub.) H.Ohashi
- Hedysarum ciliare Muhl. ex Willd.
- Hedysarum ciliare var. oblongifolium Elliott
- Hedysarum pobtusum Muhl. ex Willd.
- Lespedeza coriacea Desv.
- Meibomia ciliaris (Muhl. ex Willd.) S.F.Blake
- Meibomia ciliaris var. acutifoliola Schindl.
- Meibomia ciliaris var. albiflora Schindl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.