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perplexed tick-trefoil

Desmodium perplexum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Missouri.January 13, February 14, March 18, April 32, May 41, June 17, July 15, August 15, September 16, October 14, November 12, December 12.
United States1,961
Missouri219
Pennsylvania175
Canada171
New York170
Ontario159
Virginia136
Kansas112
Maryland102
New Jersey98

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusticktrefoils · Desmodium

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