Desmodium glabellum
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| Photos courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
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| Botanical name: | Desmodium glabellum (Michx.) DC |
| Common name: | smooth ticktrefoil |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Foliage: | leaflets of 3, entire, middle one distinctly stalked; 1-3 times longer than wide, blunt or with broad point |
| Flower: | 1/4"-1/2", pink, pea like; joints of pods about as wide as long |
| Flowering time: | summer |
| Habitat: | dry woods and borders |
| Range in New Jersey: | scattered statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |