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Desmodium viridiflorum
Also called Velvety Tick Trefoil, Velvetleaf Tick Trefoil
Desmodium viridiflorum is a perennial forb in the family Fabaceae native to the United States.
Desmodium viridiflorum is found from New Jersey and Delaware south to central peninsular Florida, west to Texas, and inland to western Virginia, North Carolina, northern Tennessee, and Arkansas. It grows in oak and pine woodlands, woodland borders, and disturbed areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Desmodium viridiflorum 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.
