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Desmodium canadense

bush trefoil

Other common names
Canadian tick clover
Canadian tick trefoil
see moreCanadian bush clover
beggar's lice
beggar's ticks
Synonyms
Hedysarum canadense
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Botanical details
Family
Fabaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Desmodium

Genus description

Desmodium can be herbaceous perennials or deciduous shrubs or subshrubs, with pinnate or palmate leaves and loose racemes of small, pea-like pink or white flowers in late summer and autumn

Name status

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