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Desmodium canescens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Hoary Tick-trefoil. Phenology: Jun-Oct; Aug-Nov. Habitat: Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas. Distribution: MA west to WI and NE, south to n. peninsular FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl3, FNA11.1, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998); = Meibomia canescens (L.) Kuntze — S, S13; Hedysarum canescens Linnaeus. Basionym: Hedysarum canescens L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Desmodium canescens - FNA11.1

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to spreading perennial of agricultural fields, woodland borders and open, disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems 1-many from a single crown, unbranched, smooth below but densely hairy above.

Leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with hairy, clasping, oval stipules; divided into 3 hairy, oval leaflets with pointed tips.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in branching, lax terminal and axillary spikes; pinkish-purple turning green or white; about 1/4 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape and a furry calyx tube.

Fruits: Fruit a hairy, flattened pod with constrictions between 4-6 seeds.

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Height: 2-4 ft.

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description: Erect to spreading perennial of agricultural fields, woodland borders and open, disturbed areas.

stems: Stems 1-many from a single crown, unbranched, smooth below but densely hairy above.

leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with hairy, clasping, oval stipules; divided into 3 hairy, oval leaflets with pointed tips.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in branching, lax terminal and axillary spikes; pinkish-purple turning green or white; about 1/4 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape and a furry calyx tube.

fruits: Fruit a hairy, flattened pod with constrictions between 4-6 seeds.

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