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Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil
Desmodium glutinosum |
Pseudo-whorl ... yet another new botanical term. There are a lot of species of Ticktrefoil and they all have alternate leaves. When I shot this plant, I noted that it was a whorl of leaves, but painstaking internet research revealed to me that they are actually a pseudo-whorl. They are alternate leaves, but right on top of each other so it looks whorled.
Here's a closeup picture that someone took that shows it in more detail.
I'm learning so much doing this blog!
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| The plant has one "pseudo-whorl" of leaves |
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| This plant grows in rich woods |
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