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Showy Tick Trefoil (Desmodium canadense)
Image ID: 2018/ar137
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Native
Family:
Fabaceae (Pea)
Height: 2 to 6 ft.
Blooms: July to
August
Leaf Type:
divided
Bloom Size: 0.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Elongate clusters,
Irregular blossoms
Location: Allegheny River Trail
Date: 7/17/2018
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Showy Tick Trefoil may be
easily confused with:
- Slender Bush-Clover
Both leaves and flowers of the tick trefoil are larger than those of the bush-clover.
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.
