Description: This perennial wildflower is 2–3½' tall, sometimes branching in the upper half. The stems are light green and usually hairless; however, some variants of this species have pubescent stems.

The central stem of the Beggars lice flower terminates in an elongated raceme of pale purple or white flowers about ½–1½' long. Usually, only a few flowers are in bloom at the same time. Flowers are attractive to some pollinators.

Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil is a native, perennial, wildflower that grows up to 3 feet tall. The genus Desmodium: originates from Greek meaning "long branch or chain," probably from the shape and attachment of the seedpods. The central stem is green with clover-like, oblong, multiple green leaflets proceeding singly up the stem.

Description: This perennial wildflower is up to 3½' tall (including the inflorescence). It has a single erect stem about 1-2' tall that terminates in a pseudo-whorl of 5-6 spreading trifoliate leaves. The stem is light green and either hairless or sparsely hairy.

Slender Tick-trefoil is a delicate perennial twiner that can grow as a groundcover or twine among taller species, reaching around 1m height at most. It has three-part (trifoliolate) leaves, very similar to the leaves of common Clover.

Description: This herbaceous perennial plant is 2½–4' tall, branching sparingly. The stout central stem is round and covered with fine hooked hairs. The alternate compound leaves are trifoliate and have petioles about 1–2½" long. The leaflets are up to 3½" long and 1" across.

Flower color is pink to violet, occasionally white. The calyx behind the flower is sparsely minutely hairy, pale greenish-white with red spots or streaks at the base, bell-shaped with 4 short lobes, the lowest lobe largest and pointed at the tip.

Tick-trefoils, or sticktights, are legumes with three leaflets to each leaf. Bean-like seeds are called loments, each with several segments. With one exception listed below, local members of this group have pink-purple flowers.

Panicled Tick Trefoil is one of those "survivor" plants. In other words, if you get it, it's hard to get rid of it. It actually thrives on disturbed sites, and it prefers disturbance from wildfires and selective logging.

panicled tick trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) COMMON NAMES: panicledleaf ticktrefoil narrow-leaf tick-trefoil panicled tickclover . SYNONYMS: Hedysarum paniculatum L. CONFIRMATION STATUS: Pending confirmation. TAXONOMY: The currently accepted scientific name of panicled tick trefoil is Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. Among different populations