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Clustered Leaved Tick Trefoil

Hylodesmum glutinosum

Also called Heart Leaved Tick Trefoil, Large Tick Trefoil, Pointed Tick Trefoil, Pointed Leaved Tick Trefoil, Large Flowered Tickclover, Beggar Lice, Pointed Leaf Tick Trefoil

Clustered Leaved Tick Trefoil
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0

Hylodesmum glutinosum is a native North American perennial wildflower in the pea family, grown mainly for woodland and naturalistic plantings. It is a sticky-stemmed herb that thrives in partial shade with moist, well-drained soil.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, humusy, well-drained loam or woodland soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; suited to temperate climates, typically USDA zones 4 to 8.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Canada, C. & E. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Hylodesmum glutinosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Common names include large tick-trefoil, clustered-leaved tick-trefoil, large-flowered tick-clover, pointed tick-trefoil, beggar's lice and pointed-leaved tick-trefoil. It occurs in eastern Canada, the central and eastern United States, and northeastern Mexico.

Other Hylodesmum plants

Hylodesmum leptopus · Bare Stemmed Tick Trefoil · Forest Tick Trefoil

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hylodesmum glutinosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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