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

species 238 observations

Western Trailing Ticktrefoil

Desmodium procumbens

Status
present
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Supports All

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

Children

  • New Mexico Ticktrefoil
  • Desmodium procumbens exiguum

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
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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