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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Fabaceae
Desmodium nudiflorum (L.) DC.
bare-stemmed tick-trefoil, naked tick-trefoil
Desmodium: Greek meaning "long branch or chain," probably from the shape and the way the seedpods attach
nudiflorum: nudus for "naked, nude;" florum for "flower"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-40" tall forb usually forking at the base into 2 stems |
| Flower: | pink to purple, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/3" long, stalks 1/2"-1" long; inflorescence a branched cluster on the leafless stalk; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | flat pod covered with clinging, hooked hairs and divided into 2-4 half-oval segments  |
| Leaf: | 3-parted, densely packed towards the top of the flowerless stem |
| Habitat: | shade; woods; in rich soil |
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