Common Name -  Pointed-leaved Tick Trefoil
Scientific Name - Desmodium glutinosum
Family Name -  Pea (fabaceae)

 Season
Summer.

 Habitat
Edges and openings of deciduous woods.

 Flower
Irregular, light purple, flowers stalked, clusters dense and elongated, pods flat with joints, pods sticky.

 Leaves
Alternate, palmately compound,, leaflets 3, entire.

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