Desmodium paniculatum 

Panicled Tick Trefoil 

• Average to dry soils
• Full Sun to Light Shade
• 36” tall, 18” to 24” wide 
• Late Summer Blooms
• Ontario Native, Thriving in Meadow and Dry Meadow and Open Woodland ecosystems, Nitrogen Fixing 

New to me, grown from seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery https://www.prairiemoon.com/desmodium-paniculatum-panicled-tick-trefoil-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

A tall, potentially lanky nitrogen fixing species that blooms in the mid to late summer. Spreads by re-seeding.

Photos by Qwert1234, Qwert1234 peganum and peganum via Wikimedia Commons