Index / Search / Desmodium sessilifolium
§1 Plant
Desmodium sessilifolium (Torr.) Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular sessileleaf 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
· 382 counties across 25 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 382 counties across 25 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Douglas 17041
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Elkhart 18039
- Fulton 18049
- Harrison 18061
- Jasper 18073
- Knox 18083
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Kingman 20095
- Labette 20099
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lincoln 22061
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Camden 29029
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Alfalfa 40003
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Choctaw 40023
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Creek 40037
- Custer 40039
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Haskell 40061
- Kingfisher 40073
- Latimer 40077
- Marshall 40095
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pittsburg 40121
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Seminole 40133
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Woods 40151
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Caldwell 48055
- Cass 48067
- Colorado 48089
- Comanche 48093
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Grayson 48181
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hardin 48199
- Harrison 48203
- Hays 48209
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Lamar 48277
- Lampasas 48281
- Leon 48289
- Live Oak 48297
- Madison 48313
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Panola 48365
- Parker 48367
- Potter 48375
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- Shelby 48419
- Smith 48423
- Tarrant 48439
- Walker 48471
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Wood 48499
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DESE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2967656 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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