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spiked ticktrefoil
Scientific Name: Desmodium cinerascens
Family: Fabaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Spiked Ticktrefoil (Desmodium cinerascens)
Considerations for Pets
- This plant has the common name "ticktrefoil", suggesting the potential for seeds or plant parts to attach to fur.
Considerations for Children
- This plant has the common name "ticktrefoil", suggesting the potential for seeds or plant parts to attach to clothing.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Desmodium cinerascens A. Gray
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Family: Fabaceae
- Synonym: Meibomia cinerascens (A. Gray) Kuntze
Common Names
- Spiked Ticktrefoil (English)
- Tick Clover
- Alma (Spanish)
Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits
- Desmodium cinerascens is described as a subshrub forb/herb.
- It is a perennial, meaning it lives for more than two years.
- It can grow to be 2-6 feet high, often with a bushy appearance.
- The plant features vivid pink flower spikes borne at the end of branches.
- Flowers are described as rose-colored, pea-like, and arranged in dense, nodding clusters.
- The flowers form on a long spike, devoid of leaves, 2 to 3 feet long and are pale pink with dark 'eye spots'.
Distribution and Habitat
- Showy Tick-trefoil is a native erect perennial forb.
- It is part of Minnesota flora.
Additional Desmodium species
- Desmodium batocaulon Gray - San Pedro Ticktrefoil
- Desmodium canadense - Showy Tick Trefoil
- Desmodium canescens - Hairy Small-leaf Ticktrefoil
- Desmodium ciliare ciliare var. lancifolium - Lanceleaf Ticktrefoil
- Desmodium grahamii - Graham's ticktrefoil
- Desmodium illinoense - Illinois Tick Trefoil
- Desmodium strictum - Stiff Tick Trefoil