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PLANTS

Showy ticktrefoil

Desmodium canadense

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Showy ticktrefoil, photo 1 of 5
Showy ticktrefoil, In flower
Showy ticktrefoil, Flower buds

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows near water.

There are 269 observations of Showy ticktrefoil in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Montréal and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 12 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais59
  2. Montréal44
  3. Montérégie37
  4. Chaudière-Appalaches32
  5. Capitale-Nationale26
  6. Laurentides24
  7. Laval14
  8. Estrie14
  9. Centre-du-Québec10
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine4
  11. Lanaudière3
  12. Mauricie2

Habitat

Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Panicledleaf ticktrefoilDesmodium paniculatum
Purple loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
FireweedChamaenerion angustifolium
Clustered-leaved tick-trefoilHylodesmum glutinosum
Perplexed ticktrefoilDesmodium perplexum
Roundhead lespedezaLespedeza capitata
Biennial beeblossomOenothera gaura
GroundnutApios americana
Bird vetchVicia cracca
Bitter milkwortSenega polygama
Eastern Goat's-rueGalega orientalis
New England asterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae