Desmodium sessilifolium (Torr.) Torr. & A.Gray

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Fabaceae

• Scientific Name

  Desmodium sessilifolium (Torr.) Torr. & A.Gray

• Description

  Species Description - Stems 1–few, erect, mostly simple, 6–15 dm, finely hairy; petioles 1–5 mm, shorter than the stalk of the terminal lfl; stipules lanceolate, 3–5 mm, caducous; lfls thick, oblong to linear-oblong, mostly 3–7 cm × 6–12 mm, rather densely hairy beneath as well as reticulate- veiny; infl large, with several strict, ascending branches 1–3 dm; fls mostly pinkish to lavender, 5 mm, on pedicels 1.5–4.5 mm; cal 2–3 mm; stipe 1–3 mm; articles 1–3, convex above, rounded below, 4–6.5 × 3–4.5 mm. Dry, sandy soil; R.I. to s. Ont., Mich., and Kans., s. to N.C., Miss., and Tex., commoner westward. July, Aug.

• Common Names

  sessile-leaved tick-trefoil