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Photographer: Hugh H. Iltis
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Family Fabaceae
Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.W.Wood
cluster-leaf tick-trefoil, pointed tick-trefoil
Desmodium: Greek meaning "long branch or chain," probably from the shape and the way the seedpods attach
glutinosum: very sticky
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2'-5' tall forb; stems unbranched |
| Flower: | pink, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/3" long, stalked; inflorescence a 4"-32" branched cluster (panicle) on a leafy stalk; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | flat pod covered with clinging, hooked hairs and divided into 2 or 3 rounded triangular segments  |
| Leaf: | usually several 3-parted, long-stalked leaves bunched just below the flowere cluster; leaflets broadly oval |
| Habitat: | shade; dry; woods; in rich soil |
| (Glossary) |
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