Index / Search / Desmodium viridiflorum
§1 Plant
Desmodium viridiflorum (L.) DC.
vernacular velvetleaf ticktrefoil — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Desmodium
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 282 counties across 21 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 282 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Calloway 21035
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Logan 21141
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Russell 21207
Louisiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Nash 37127
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Transylvania 37175
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Clay 47027
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Hardeman 47069
- Hawkins 47073
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Perry 47135
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Van Buren 47175
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Middlesex 51119
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DEVI4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2967608 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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