Fabaceae
Large tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum glutinosum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Hylodesmum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 加拿大山蚂蟥, 黏毛山蚂蝗
- English
- Large tick-trefoil, Pointedleaf ticktrefoil, Pointedleaf trefoil
Synonyms
- Desmodium acuminatum (Michx.) DC.
- Desmodium acuminatum f. chandonnettii Fassett
- Desmodium acuminatum f. unifoliolatum B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium erythrynaefolium (Poir.) DC.
- Desmodium erythrynifolium (Juss. ex Poir.) DC.
- Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph.Wood
- Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Schindl.
- Desmodium glutinosum f. chandonnetii (Lunell) B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium glutinosum f. glutinosum
- Desmodium glutinosum f. unifoliatum (B.G.Schub.) B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium grandiflorum DC.
- Hedysarum acuminatum Michx.
- Hedysarum erythrinaefolium Poir.
- Hedysarum erythrinaefolium Jussieu ex Poiret
- Hedysarum erythrinifolium Juss. ex Poir.
- Hedysarum glutinosum Muhl. ex Willd.
- Hedysarum grandiflorum Walter
- Hylodesmum glutinosum f. chandonnetii (Lunell) G.Wilh. & Rericha
- Meibomia acuminata (Michx.) S.F.Blake
- Meibomia erythrinifolia (Juss. ex Poir.) Kuntze
- Meibomia grandiflora (DC.) Kuntze
- Meibomia grandiflora Schindl.
- Meibomia grandiflora var. chandonnetii Lunell
- Pleurolobus grandiflorus (DC.) MacMill.
Photos

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Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.