Desmodium cuspidatum: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Family Fabaceae
Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex Loudon var. longifolium (Torr. & A.Gray) B.G.Schub.
hairy bracted tick-trefoil, large-bracted tick-trefoil
Desmodium: Greek meaning "long branch or chain," probably from the shape and the way the seedpods attach
cuspidatum: from Latin meaning "with a cusp," a sharp and rigid point

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Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial forb
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Synonyms

Desmodium bracteosum (Michx.) DC. var. longifolium (Torr. & A.Gray) B.L.Rob.
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC. var. longifolium Torr. & A.Gray
Desmodium longifolium (Torr. & A.Gray) Smyth
Meibomia longifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) Vail

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