Index / Search / Desmodium laevigatum
§1 Plant
Desmodium laevigatum (Nutt.) DC.
vernacular smooth 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 406 counties across 22 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 406 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Grayson 21085
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Helena 22091
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Francois 29187
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Bladen 37017
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
Ohio view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Edgefield 45037
- Greenwood 45047
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Sevier 47155
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Charlotte 51037
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DELA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2967094 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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