Desmodium fernaldii is a herbaceousperennial plant. It possesses alternate pinnately shaped leaves and purple flowers.[4]
Taxonomy
Desmodium fernaldii was first described by the American botanist Bernice Schubert in 1950.[5] The specific name fernaldii honors American botanist Merritt Lyndon Fernald "whose intensive work on the flora of [Virginia] has clarified many floristic problems of long standing".
Desmodium fernaldii is native to the southeastern United States.[9] It is most commonly found in sandhills and dry flatwood habitat types.[4]D. fernaldii has shown preference for partial shade to shade, and dry soils.[10]
^Kartesz, John T. (2014). "Desmodium fernaldii". State-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). Retrieved 5 February 2024.
