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Sessileleaf ticktrefoil

Desmodium sessilifolium

Also called Sessile Tick Clover, Sessile Leaved Tick Trefoil, Sessile Tickclover, Sessileleaf Tickclover

Sessileleaf ticktrefoil
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possession, Public domain
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Desmodium sessilifolium, common name sessileleaf ticktrefoil, is a species of plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to North America.

Other Desmodium plants

Showy ticktrefoil · Hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil · Largebract ticktrefoil · Fernald's ticktrefoil · Florida ticktrefoil · Dillenius' ticktrefoil · Illinois ticktrefoil · Zarzabacoa comun · Greenleaf ticktrefoil · Smooth ticktrefoil · Sand ticktrefoil · Smooth small-leaf ticktrefoil

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Desmodium sessilifolium 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.

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