Desmodium perplexum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to eastern North America. The specific name perplexum refers to the confusion surrounding this species since its initial description in 1950.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Perplexed 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 glabellum
- Desmodium paniculatum
- Desmodium canescens
- Desmodium laevigatum
- Desmodium obtusum
- Desmodium tweedyi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
- Species
- Desmodium perplexum
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