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Sessileleaf Ticktrefoil
Desmodium sessilifolium
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Sessileleaf Ticktrefoil is a prairie plant. It's been described as somewhat rare. The only place I've seen it is in prairie restorations where it has be planted and is doing well. Of course, I don't get to pristine prairies much ... there aren't many in Indiana.
The peculiar thing about Ticktrefoils is their pod, which has it's own word - loment. A loment is a kind of pod that is pinched between each seed so that they can break apart easily. The pod has little velcro-like hairs that help it stick to an animals fur. As the animal wanders around, the seed sections break apart and fall to the ground, thus dispersing the seeds.
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| Pods - "Loments" |
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| This species is separated from other Ticktrefoils with long thin leaves by the fact that stem of the leaf is very short, almost missing |
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| Some pictures of the flowers show them to be much more sparsely situated along the stem than this |
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| Sessileleaf Ticktrefoil plant |
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