Index / Search / Desmanthus illinoensis
§1 Plant
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacMill. ex B.L. Rob. & Fernald
vernacular Illinois bundleflower — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Desmanthus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 580 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 16–24 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Low
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 85,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- High
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 580 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Little River 05081
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 101 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Boone 21015
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Clark 21049
- Daviess 21059
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Scott 21209
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Bolivar 28011
- Chickasaw 28017
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Coahoma 28027
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Issaquena 28055
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Lowndes 28087
- Madison 28089
- Monroe 28095
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Quitman 28119
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Smith 28129
- Sunflower 28133
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tunica 28143
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lafayette 29107
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
Nebraska view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Clay 31035
- Custer 31041
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keya Paha 31103
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Merrick 31121
- Nemaha 31127
- Pawnee 31133
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Atoka 40005
- Beaver 40007
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Choctaw 40023
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Cotton 40033
- Custer 40039
- Garfield 40047
- Garvin 40049
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Kay 40071
- Kiowa 40075
- Lincoln 40081
- Logan 40083
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Noble 40103
- Oklahoma 40109
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Texas 40139
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DEIL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7484581 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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