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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Fabaceae
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
Canadian tick-trefoil, showy tick-trefoil
Desmodium: Greek meaning "long branch or chain," probably from the shape and the way the seedpods attach
canadense: of or referring to Canada
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3'-6' tall forb, branching toward the top |
| Flower: | purple to pink, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" long, stalked; inflorescence a branched, dense cluster (panicle) of several, spike-like clusters (racemes) with obvious small, leaf-like bracts beneath; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | flat pod, slightly curving, divided into triangular segments that are covered with clinging, hooked hairs,  |
| Leaf: | 3-parted, on stalks up to 3/4" long and up to half as long as the end leaflet |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; thickets, streambanks |
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