Clustered-leaved tick-trefoil

Desmodium glutinosum

(a.k.a. Hylodesmum glutinosum)

Habitat:
   Light: shade -part sun
   Moisture: mesic -dry mesic

   Height: 2 -4 ft.
   Flowering Time: summer

Notes: woodland perennial; upright stems produce a cluster of 3-parted, compound leaves; widely branched flower stems later produce flattened, stomach-shaped beans that stick to clothing

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL,UP