Scientific Name
Desmodium nudiflorum

Common Name
Naked-flowered tick trefoil

Life Cycle: --


Height: 1 to 3 feet
Flower/fruit: .3 inch rose-purple flowers borne on leafless stems; 2 to 4 jointed seed pod
Flowering Season: Summer
Foliage: Leaf stalk arises from near the base of the flower stalk; produces a cluster of 1 to 3 inch, compound leaves each with three broad, entire leaflets; end leaflet is somewhat diamond shaped
Site: Dry woods
Comments: Seed pods easily attach themselves to human clothes
 
 

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