Index / Search / Desmodium cuspidatum
§1 Plant
Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex D. Don
vernacular largebract ticktrefoil — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Desmodium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 527 counties across 32 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 527 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Decatur 18031
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jay 18075
- Jennings 18079
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Bullitt 21029
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Letcher 21133
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Nelson 21179
- Owen 21187
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 92 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Butler 39017
- Clark 39023
- Clinton 39027
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Greene 39057
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Miami 39109
- Ottawa 39123
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Seneca 39147
- Summit 39153
- Union 39159
- Vinton 39163
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DECU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7648930 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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