Fabaceae
Panicledleaf ticktrefoil
Desmodium paniculatum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- عرقيص عثكولي
- English
- Panicledleaf ticktrefoil
- Japanese
- アレチヌスビトハギ
Synonyms
- Desmodium dichroma Shinners
- Desmodium paniculatum var. angustifolium Torr. & A.Gray
- Desmodium paniculatum var. epetiolatum B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
- Desmodium paniculatum var. pubens Torr. & A.Gray
- Desmodium paniculatum var. typicum B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium pubens (Torr. & A.Gray) M.J.Young
- Hedysarum paniculatum L.
- Hedysarum paniculatum var. obtusum Desv.
- Meibomia chapmanii (Britton) Small
- Meibomia paniculata (L.) Kuntze
- Meibomia paniculata var. angustifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) Vail
- Meibomia paniculata var. chapmanii Britton
- Meibomia paniculata var. obtusa (Desv.) Schindl.
- Meibomia paniculata var. pubens (Torr. & A.Gray) Vail
- Meibomia pubens (Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb.
- Pleurolobus paniculatus (L.) MacMill.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Connor McInerney, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kimberley H. Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexa Hoffman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Zorach, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: hollyck, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: d_funk, 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.