Prostrate Ticktrefoil
Desmodium rotundifolium DC. - Pea familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 5.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink, Yellow, Purple
Bloom Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Prostrate Ticktrefoil: Achalarus lyciades, Caloptilia violacella, Epargyreus clarus, Thorybes bathyllus, Thorybes pylades
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
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.