Common Name: hoary tickcloverScientific Name: Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.Family Name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) - Pea or Bean FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, branched above, hairy mostly above, hairs both straight and hooked Leavesalternate, palmately compound with three leaflets, leaflets oval-lanceolate to lanceolate, bases rounded, hairy above and below, terminal leaflet larger than lateral ones, petiole grooved, leaf stiples linear-lanceolate Flowerspink to rose-purple, irregular, upper petal with two yellow spots surround by purple band; terminal racemes, dense become elongate when mature Seed Podsloment, jointed 3-5 times, very sticky