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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Ticktrefoils
  8. Spiked Ticktrefoil

species 81 observations

Spiked Ticktrefoil

Desmodium cinerascens

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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8 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Silver-spotted Skipper, Barred Yellow, Alfalfa Leaf Tier, Tentiform Bean Leafminer 7
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Tylopelta gibbera 1

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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