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Beggar's Lice


Common Name: Beggar's Lice or Tick Trefoil
Desmodium Species

The common names of this member of the Leguminosae or bean Family
refer to the flat triangular shaped seedpods that cling to clothing.
The plant grows 1-4" tall and the flowers are about 1/2 wide.
6/01/2001

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