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Fabaceae
Panicled tick-clover
Desmodium paniculatum
Also known as Hedysarum paniculatum var. obtusum, Desmodium dichromum, Desmodium paniculatum var. typicum, Desmodium paniculatum var. pubens
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Tick Clover · Native · Legume · Pollinator · Woodland · Wildlife Garden · Perennial · Nitrogen Fixing · Part Shade · Wildflower
Panicled tick-clover is a native legume that thrives in open woodlands and forest edges with partial shade and average moisture. It requires minimal care once established and naturally enriches the soil through nitrogen fixation. An excellent choice for wildlife and pollinator gardens, its small pink-purple flowers attract bees and butterflies through summer into fall.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately until soil is moist, allowing the top inch or two to dry out between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 4 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Mixed
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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