Index / Search / Desmanthus illinoensis

§1 Plant

Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacMill. ex B.L. Rob. & Fernald

vernacular Illinois bundleflower — species · Fabaceae


USDA
DEIL
GBIF
7484581
Rank
species
Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis)
Platephotograph · kcarrol2CC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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
Legend Native · 580 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 3 N
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N
Illinois view state ↗ 43 N
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N
Iowa view state ↗ 11 N
Kansas view state ↗ 101 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 31 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 57 N
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 43 N
Missouri view state ↗ 73 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 35 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 17 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 3 N
Ohio view state ↗ 6 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 39 N
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

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