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Desmodium glutinosum - Pointed-leaved Tick Trefoil - 3" Pot

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Desmodium glutinosum - Pointed-leaved Tick Trefoil - 3" Pot
Desmodium glutinosum - Pointed-leaved Tick Trefoil - 3" Pot
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ALL PREORDER SPECIES ARE STILL GROWING IN OUR GREENHOUSE - Please note all orders containing preorder species will be held until all plants in your order are ready to pickup or ship. If you would like available plants sooner please make two separate orders.

 

Light

Partial, Shade
Moisture

Medium to Medium-Dry
Bloom

Mid to Late Summer
Color

Pink
Height

2 FT

Pointed-leaved tick-trefoil is a woodland perennial that prefers partial to full shade and rich soil with medium moisture. It has a single thin stem whorled at the base with pointed trifoliate leaves. Bright pink pea flowers attach to its thin flowering stalk in intervals attracting butterflies in midsummer. Pointed-leaved tick trefoil is a larval host plant for the eastern tailed blue and the silver-spotted skipper. Its sticky seeds which succeed its flowers are eaten by a variety of wildlife. As a member of the legume family, this species harbors beneficial bacteria in its roots that allow it to fix nitrogen into the soil, improving soil quality.

Desmodium glutinosum - Pointed-leaved Tick Trefoil - 3" Pot

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