| Scientific Name | Desmodium | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Bean ( Fabaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| Pealike Flowers
Flower: Banner petal large, rounded with slight central superior notch. Bilobed basal spot outlined in dark purple. Lower petals folded downward. Spoutlike projecting column of stamens. Leaves: Trifolate leaflets, lancelike (without central white spot of Bushy Tick Clover D. batocaulon and also not round oval like Graham's Tick Clover D. grahamii) | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Niehaus, Ripper, Savage Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers p. 328 | |||||||||||||
Sept
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