Desmodium canadense

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beggar's lice

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Other common names

beggar's lice, beggar's ticks, bush trefoil, Canadian bush clover, Canadian tick clover, Canadian tick trefoil

Synonyms

Hedysarum canadense

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Botanical Details

Family
Fabaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Genus
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
Correct
Plant Range
North America