Desmodium laevigatum, the smooth tick-trefoil, is a perennial forb in the legume family native to east coast of the United States.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Smooth Ticktrefoil 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 perplexum
- Desmodium marilandicum
- Desmodium nuttallii
- Desmodium viridiflorum
- Desmodium obtusum
- Desmodium psilophyllum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
- Species
- Desmodium laevigatum
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