Intro: Erect to spreading perennial of various moist to dry habitats, including floodplain forests, open upland forests, woodlands, old fields, clearings and roadsides.

Stems: Stems 1-several from a crown, unbranched, covered in curly hairs.

Leaves: Leaves alternate and on petioles with tiny, triangular stipules; divided into 3 oval to elliptic leaflets, each 1-2 in. long and darker and less hairy above and paler and more hairy beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers stalked and loosely arranged on spreading branches, purplish-pink, about 1/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.

Fruits: Fruit a flattened pod with constrictions between 3-5 seeds, covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.

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Height: 2-4 ft.

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description: Erect to spreading perennial of various moist to dry habitats, including floodplain forests, open upland forests, woodlands, old fields, clearings and roadsides.

stems: Stems 1-several from a crown, unbranched, covered in curly hairs.

leaves: Leaves alternate and on petioles with tiny, triangular stipules; divided into 3 oval to elliptic leaflets, each 1-2 in. long and darker and less hairy above and paler and more hairy beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers stalked and loosely arranged on spreading branches, purplish-pink, about 1/4 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.

fruits: Fruit a flattened pod with constrictions between 3-5 seeds, covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.

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