Illinois tick-trefoil (Desmodium illinoense)

Illinois tick-trefoil, a reference photo — Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Desmodium illinoense, the Illinois ticktrefoil, is a flowering plant in the bean family (Fabaceae), native to the central United States and Ontario, Canada. Illinois ticktrefoil grows in sunny places, such as prairies and oak savannas of the Great Plains and Great Lakes regions.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Illinois tick-trefoil being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Desmodium canescens

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: Desmodium illinoense

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