Desmodium nuttallii(Schindl.) B.G.Schub.

Nuttall's ticktrefoil

WFO wfo-0000170331 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Desmodium nuttallii, photographed by Josh
fig. a Josh, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-04 / obs. 133845467
Desmodium nuttallii, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. b Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132271378
Desmodium nuttallii, photographed by cwarneke
fig. c cwarneke, CC0 1.0 / obs. 26421888
Desmodium nuttallii, photographed by cwarneke
fig. d cwarneke, CC0 1.0 / obs. 9007026
Desmodium nuttallii, photographed by Mason Brock
fig. e Mason Brock, CC0 1.0 / obs. 158993963
Desmodium nuttallii, photographed by John Kees
fig. f John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204517375
Desmodium nuttallii, photographed by John Kees
fig. g John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202325251
Desmodium nuttallii, photographed by John Kees
fig. h John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197369442

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Desmodium nuttallii is native: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia AlabamaArizonaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMississippiMissouriNew YorkNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginia
Native distribution of Desmodium nuttallii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arizona ARI
Arkansas ARK
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 1 synonym

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Meibomia nuttallii Schindl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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