Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex Loud.
hairy small-leaved ticktrefoil
hairy small-leaved ticktrefoil
September 2,
Blue Hills Reservation, Milton
It is easy to take this stiff plant of dry sandy habitats for a bush-clover ( Lespedeza ), as many of its fruit have only a single article. Yet some have two or even three.