Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil
Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. - Pea familySize
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil: Achalarus lyciades, Epargyreus clarus, Phyllonorycter aberrans, Thorybes bathyllus, Thorybes pylades
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.