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Hoary Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium canescens)

Image ID: 2016/dc22T

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Native
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Height: 1 to 5 ft.
Blooms: July to September
Leaf Type: divided
Bloom Size:  0.3 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Elongate clusters, Irregular blossoms
Location: Decker Creek Trail
Date:  8/25/2016
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Hoary Tick-Trefoil may be easily confused with:
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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