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Large tick-trefoil

Hylodesmum glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Hylodesmum

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Large tick-trefoil: Photo of Hylodesmum glutinosum in flower. This is a native plant growing wild in Great Falls Park, Fairfax county Virginia, USA. It's name was recently changed
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.

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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.