Common names: tick trefoil, beggar's lice, littleleaf tick clover, slender tick clover

Scientific names: Desmodium ciliare

Seasons of significant use: summer (for Desmodium spp. complex)

Characteristics: Native, perennial, warm season forb to 4.0 feet. Leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliate compound; leaflets usually 3, usually ovate-oblong or elliptic, larger ones usually less than 1.2 inches long, slightly rough to touch, stipels present; fruit is 1-3 jointed loment, margins densely covered with short, hooked hairs, surfaces moderately so. Flowers August-October.

Plant community type: Open areas.

Comments: Responds favorably to late witner-early spring burns.

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