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Questions and Answers: 2014

Question: Seen at Great Meadows on Concord, MA growing with Purple Loosestrife 7/19

  • Question

    Seen at Great Meadows on Concord, MA growing with Purple Loosestrife 7/19

    Answer

    Dear Marshat, thank you for your plant images. The species you have photographed is likely Desmodium canadense (showy tick-trefoil). It is named "showy" due to the larger flowers of this species (compared with most other taxa found in the northeast). It is a species that flowers in mid-July.