Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil)

Desmodium canadense

Quick Facts:

    Common Names: Showy Tick Trefoil
    Lifespan: Perennial
    Zones: 5 - 8
    Type: Forb

Desmodium canadense, or Showy Tick Trefoil, is tall plant that can be found in central and eastern US, but not the Southeast. It grows in fields, prairies and meadows and has very sticky seedpods.

In our yard, this grows in the Prairie.

Our growing score: 4

Other pictures of this plant:


               Seedpod                                           Leaf                                            Stem                                        Seed                                          Habit

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