Index / Search / Desmodium obtusum
§1 Plant
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.
vernacular stiff 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
· 389 counties across 30 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 389 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Livingston 17105
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wright 29229
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Auglaize 39011
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Henry 39069
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Paulding 39125
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Carroll 51035
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Louisa 51109
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Wise 51195
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DEOB5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2967123 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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