Intro: Prostrate, mat-forming perennial of dry forests and woodlands.

Stems: Stems trailing across the ground, densely furry.

Leaves: Leaves alternate and lying flat on ground; on petioles with oval stipules at their base; divided into 3 round leaflets with hair on both surfaces, the terminal leaflet to about 2 in. long.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in branching, usually axillary racemes; dark pink to purplish; less than 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the banner petal with maroon markings at the base.

Fruits: Fruit a flattened pod divided into 3-6 nearly diamond-shaped segments and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.

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Height: 1 1/2-5 ft. long

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description: Prostrate, mat-forming perennial of dry forests and woodlands.

stems: Stems trailing across the ground, densely furry.

leaves: Leaves alternate and lying flat on ground; on petioles with oval stipules at their base; divided into 3 round leaflets with hair on both surfaces, the terminal leaflet to about 2 in. long.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in branching, usually axillary racemes; dark pink to purplish; less than 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the banner petal with maroon markings at the base.

fruits: Fruit a flattened pod divided into 3-6 nearly diamond-shaped segments and covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.

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