Trailing Tick-trefoil
Desmodium rotundifolium
Description:
Plant with pineately compound leaves with three, round leaflets. Stems are hairy. Flowers are pinkish purple with white inside. Blooms beginning in mid summer.
Plant Overview:
| Other Common Names: | Prostrate Tick-trefoil |
| Plant Family: | Fabaceae |
| Plant Duration: | Perennial |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous |
| Bloom Time: | Late July to early September |
| Fruit Timing: | Late August to October |
| Global and State Rank: | G5, S4 |
| Commercially available landscape plant? | No |
Soil Characteristics: | |
| Soil Type: | Sandy |
| Soil Moisture: | Dry |
| Soil pH: | Acidic, Slightly Acidic |
Light Needs: | |
| Opitmal Light: | Partial shade to shade |
| Light Range: | Partial Shade, Shade |
Water Needs of Plant: | |
| Soil Moisture: | Dry |