Intro: Mat-forming perennial of sandhills and other dry forests and woodlands, clearings and roadsides.

Stems: Stems prostrate, branched, marked with lines and usually densely furry.

Leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with short, lance-shaped stipules; divided into 3 broadly oval to rounded leaflets with hairy margins but mostly smooth surfaces.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in lax, terminal and upper axillary panicles covered with hooked hairs; purple to reddish-purple; 1/4 in. or less long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.

Fruits: Fruit a flattened pod with constrictions between 2-4 seeds, covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.

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Height: 20-27 in.

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description: Mat-forming perennial of sandhills and other dry forests and woodlands, clearings and roadsides.

stems: Stems prostrate, branched, marked with lines and usually densely furry.

leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with short, lance-shaped stipules; divided into 3 broadly oval to rounded leaflets with hairy margins but mostly smooth surfaces.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in lax, terminal and upper axillary panicles covered with hooked hairs; purple to reddish-purple; 1/4 in. or less long; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape.

fruits: Fruit a flattened pod with constrictions between 2-4 seeds, covered with hooked hairs that stick to clothing and fur.

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