Fabaceae
Hoary ticktrefoil
Desmodium canescens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Common names
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- English
- Hoary ticktrefoil
Synonyms
- Desmodium aikinianum L.C.Beck
- Desmodium canadense var. hirsutum Hook.
- Desmodium canescens f. albinum Fernald
- Desmodium canescens f. canescens
- Desmodium canescens var. hirsutum (Hook.) B.L.Rob.
- Desmodium canescens var. paleaceum (Poir.) DC.
- Desmodium canescens var. villosissimum Torr. & A.Gray
- Desmodium canescens var. virgatum Desv.
- Hedysarum aikini Eaton
- Hedysarum canescens L.
- Hedysarum hirsutum J.F.Gmel.
- Hedysarum paleaceum Poir.
- Hedysarum racemiferum J.F.Gmel.
- Hedysarum scaberrimum Elliott
- Hedysarum viridiflorum Willd.
- Meibomia canescens (L.) Kuntze
- Meibomia canescens var. hirsuta (Hook.) Vail
- Pleurolobus canescens (L.) MacMill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: steff hall, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Matthew Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: lisa swafford, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.