Showy Tick Trefoil
Scientific Name:Desmodium canadense


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Showy Tick Trefoil
Genus species: Desmodium canadense
Common Name: Showy Tick Trefoil
Family Name: Fabaceae  
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Pink/Red


CNC Habitat: Polinator Garden
Herb Wall
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
Months in Bloom:  
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