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Pointed-leaf Tick-trefoil
Desmodium glutinosum
46.947, -95.6552
Field Notes
Description:
Also known as large-flower tickclover. Several long-stemmed compound leaves, grouped in 3s, are just below the flower cluster, alternately attached but nearly whorled. Leaflets are up to 5 inches long. Fruit is a flat pod divided into 1 to 4 segments, each straight to concave on the upper edge and well rounded on the lowers, and each containing 1 seed. The pod is covered in minute hooked hairs so it sticks to almost anything that passes by.
Habitat:
Spotted along the Old Indian Hiking Trail at Tamarac NWR. Plant was growing along a shaded trail of hardwood trees.
Notes:
Perennial plant is native to Minnesota and blooms June through August.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 13, 2017
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