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Desmodium ciliare
Also called Little Leaf Tick Clover, Hairy Small Leaf Tick Trefoil
Desmodium ciliare, the hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil, is a perennial forb native to North America. It grows 0.2-1.0 meters tall, has alternate, trifoliolate compound leaves, and pink or purple flowers.
Desmodium ciliare is distributed from Massachusetts west to Indiana, Missouri, and southeast Kansas, and south to southern Florida and Texas. It grows in fields, woodland borders, and disturbed areas. It tends to be found in mesic areas, and prefers-medium to fine-textured soil that is slightly acidic to soil in pH.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Desmodium ciliare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
