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Plants glabrous or nearly so (except varieties of M. paniculal 



Leaflets lanceolate or oblong M. panicula 



Leaflets broadly ovate or oval, glaucous beneath 



M. 1 a e v i g a t a 

 Plants pubescent 



Leaves velvety-pubescent beneath, thick and coriaceous 



M. viridiflora 

 Leaves appressed-pubescent or villous beneath and scarcely 



coriaceous M. d i 1 1 e n i i 



Loment sessile in the calyx or nearly so 



Loment joints four to seven, flowers showy; leaflets not coriaceous. . 



M. canadensis 

 Loment joints one to three 



Leaflets scabrous, 1 to 2 inches long M. r i g i d a 



Leaflets not scabrous, one-half to 1 inch long 



Plant nearly glabrous throughout . . M. m a r y 1 a n d i c a 

 Stem pubescent; leaflets and petioles ciliate.M. o b t u s a 



Prostrate Tick Trefoil 

 Meibomia michauxii Vail 



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Stems prostrate, 2 to several feet long, softly pubescent or villous. 

 Leaves petioled; leaflets nearly orbicular, pubescent, 1 to 2 inches long; 

 stipules triangular-ovate, persistent, pointed, striate. Flowers in loose 

 terminal and axillary panicles, purple, one-fourth to one-half of an inch 

 long; calyx lobes ciliated. Loment about 1 inch long, three to five-jointed, 

 the joints obliquely rhomboid below, slightly concave above, pubescent 

 with hooked hairs, on a stipe about equaling the calyx lobes or slightly 

 longer. 



Dry or sandy woods, New England and Ontario to Minnesota, Florida, 

 Missouri and Louisiana. Flowering from July to September. 



