Meibomia michauxii Vail
Meibomia rotundifolia (DC.) Kuntze
Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
Prostrate ticktrefoil, round-leaved trailing ticktrefoil, dollar leaf
Prostrate ticktrefoil is a North American native.
Plants: Prostrate, with green or reddish stems, clambering over the ground up to 3′ (1 m).
Leaves: Alternate, in clusters of three, on stems up to ⅜″ (1 cm). The main leaflet is up to 1¾″ (5 cm), and almost round. The two side leaflets are about two-thirds the size of the main one, and ovate.
Flowers: Pinkish-purple flowers, pea-like in shape, are about ⅜″ (1 cm) in size. They are bilaterally symmetrical, appearing from July to September.
Fruits: Seedpods resemble small pea pods with small hooked hairs and 4-6 segments.
Habitats: Forest path edges, oak-hickory or oak forests.
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Desmodium michauxii (Vail) Daniels
Meibomia michauxii Vail
Meibomia rotundifolia (DC.) Kuntze
Meibomia michauxii Vail
Meibomia rotundifolia (DC.) Kuntze
8/21/2013 · Estuary Trail, Shipley Swamp, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 6″ (16 × 14 cm) 
8/21/2013 · Estuary Trail, Shipley Swamp, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 5″ (15 × 13 cm) 
8/21/2013 · Estuary Trail, Shipley Swamp, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm) 
8/21/2013 · Estuary Trail, Shipley Swamp, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 6″ (20 × 14 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Fabales | Legumes (pea and bean families) |
| Family | Fabaceae | Legume family (peas and beans) |
| Genus | Desmodium | Fromthe Greek desmos, “bond, fetter, halter, or chain” |
| Species | rotundifolium | From Latinrotundus, “circular,round, or spherical;” and folium, “leaf” |
Desmodium rotundifolium description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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