Fabaceae
Smooth ticktrefoil
Desmodium laevigatum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Smooth ticktrefoil
Synonyms
- Desmodium laevigatum var. monophyllum Alph.Wood
- Desmodium rhombifolium (Elliott) DC.
- Hedysarum laevigatum Nutt.
- Hedysarum rhombifolium Elliott
- Meibomia laevigata Kuntze
- Meibomia laevigata var. monophylla (Alph.Wood) Vail
- Meibomia rhombifolia (Elliott) Vail
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Smooth ticktrefoil: 山螞蝗屬 Desmodium laevigatum [日本京都 Kyoto, Japan]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/%E5%B1%B1%E8%9E%9E%E8%9D%97%E5%B1%AC_Desmodium_laevigatum_-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD_Kyoto%2C_Japan-_%289200882682%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%B1%B1%E8%9E%9E%E8%9D%97%E5%B1%AC_Desmodium_laevigatum_-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD_Kyoto%2C_Japan-_%289200882682%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.