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Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil
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Showy Tick Trefoil

Also Known As:

Canada Tick Trefoil, Beggars Lice, Stick Tights

Botanical Name:

Desmodium canadense
  • Spikes of pink to lavender sweet-pea-like flower clusters
  • Velvety hairs cover the stems and the tri-lobed compound leaves
  • This drought-tolerant plant can be grown on rooftops with as little as 15 cm of growing medium
  • Part of the pea or legume family, fixing nitrogen from the air
  • Bloom Time: Midsummer to early fall
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Hardiness Zone

4

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Flower Colour

  • Pink
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  • Desmodium canadense - Showy Tick Trefoil
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Height

100 cm-150 cm

Width

Spread

50 cm-60 cm

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*All sizes are container only - we do not carry seeds. Please refer to size guide link above.

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Plant Characteristics

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Definitions

Sunny

Exposure

  • Full Sun
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Soil Moisture

  • Average to Dry Soils
  • Well-drained
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Attracts Wildlife

  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
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Growth Rate

  • Fast
Palette

Foliage Colour

  • Green
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Attributes

  • Drought Tolerant
  • Native to Ontario
Local_Florist

Flowering Time

  • Lt. Sum-Fall
  • Summer
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Shape

  • Clumping
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Garden Uses

  • Naturalizing
  • Roadside planting
  • Rooftop (extensive)

Additional Details

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Growing Tips & Maintenance

  • Grows in a well-drained soil, in full sun. Highly adaptable and may take over small gardens. Naturally found in open woods, rocky or sandy prairies, roadsides, along railroads and waste places. Established plants are very drought-tolerant due to their deep taproots. 
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Additional Notes

  • Native to OntarioWhen potential pollinators land on a flower, the petals close on the insect. The flower shoots pollen over the pollinator's body to ensure pollination of the next flower visited. Seeds are held in hairy pods and dispersed by sticking to animals' fur (and hikers' clothing).Larval host for some butterfly species including The Eastern-tailed Blue. The long-blooming flowers attract many different bees and even hummingbirds. The seeds provide food for mid-sized birds.
Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil
Showy Tick Trefoil

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Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil

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