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tall tick-trefoil

Desmodium glabellum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 16, February 17, March 19, April 31, May 41, June 20, July 16, August 16, September 19, October 18, November 15, December 15.
United States1,962
Virginia243
Maryland168
Missouri137
Pennsylvania110
Kentucky104
District of Columbia97
New York93
West Virginia87
Illinois85

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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

Classification

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

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