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hoary tick-trefoil

Desmodium canescens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Missouri.January 13, February 15, March 18, April 33, May 43, June 18, July 15, August 15, September 17, October 15, November 12, December 12.
United States2,666
Missouri228
Virginia221
Illinois198
Pennsylvania173
New York171
Ohio163
Kentucky152
Maryland127
West Virginia126

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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