Showy Tick Trefoil - Desmodium canadense
Above: Showy Tick Trefoil on shore of Retaining Pond in Wingra Park in Madison, Wisconsin. (7/7/19).
Showy Tick Trefoil - Desmodium canadense
Showy Tick Trefoil is a native plant that grows to about 2'-6' tall. It likes moist to wet thickets and streambanks, woods, prairies, and disturbed habitat.
Pink flowers are pea-shaped and about 1/2 inch long and densely packed. There is a small patch of dark pink at the center of the flower.
Other names: Canadian tick-trefoil.
For more information on the Showy Tick Trefoil, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about Showy Tick Trefoil.
Showy Tick Trefoil
Desmodium canadense
Above: Showy Tick Trefoil on shore of Retaining Pond on July 7, 2019.
Above: Showy Tick Trefoil on shore of Retaining Pond on July 8, 2019.
Above: Showy Tick Trefoil on shore of Retaining Pond on July 9, 2019.
Above: Showy Tick Trefoil on shore of Retaining Pond on July 25, 2021.
Above: Showy Tick Trefoil on shore of Retaining Pond on July 28, 2019.
Above: Showy Tick Trefoil on shore of Retaining Pond on July 29, 2020.
Above: Showy Tick Trefoil on shore of Retaining Pond on August 11, 2019.
Above: Showy Tick Trefoil on shore of Retaining Pond on July 23, 2021.
