Wild Canada tick-trefoil is a perennial native prairie wildflower (a perennial native prairie forb). Desmodium canadense is a perennial native prairie wildflower (a perennial native prairie forb). Oak Prairie Farm offers retail perennial native prairie wildflowers (retail perennial native prairie forbs). Oak Prairie Farm offers wholesale perennial native prairie wildflowers (wholesale perennial native prairie forbs). This Prairie Guidebook page provides perennial native prairie wildflower (perennial native prairie forb) wild plant propagation information. This Prairie Guidebook page provides perennial native prairie wildflower (perennial native prairie forb) wild seed treatment information. This Prairie Guidebook page also provides perennial perennial native prairie wildflower (perennial native prairie forb) wild seed sales information.

Canada tick-trefoil	Also called: Showy tick-trefoil

Botanical name:	Desmodium canadense

Description: small rose-purple to blue flowers grow on the sides of branching stalks of the plant. These perennial, plants are up to 5 feet tall

Attracts:	Birds
Bloom time:	From July through August.
Range:	Northern U.S. and south throughout the East and Midwest.
Sunshine:	Full sun
Moisture:	Wet to middle.
Soil types:	Clay or loam best.

Suggested seed treatment: You should provide cold moist stratification. Many prairie wildflower seeds benefit by moist cold stratification, some require it to germinate. Seed that you purchase from Oak Prairie Farm has not received cold moist stratification.
Seed also needs inoculum (type E1).

Direct planting tips: Plant seed in desired location 1/2 to 3/4 inches deep in the soil and firm.

Transplants: If you grow transplants from our seed: transplant while dormant in spring or fall, trim long roots, plant with buds just below the soil surface, space 1 to 2 feet apart. Very vigorous.

Companion prairie plants: Leadplant, Rattlesnake master, Pale-leaved sunflower, Big bluestem, Indian grass.

Comments: Very vigorous and aggressive.

indicates photos taken by Dan Klapper.

indicates photos taken by Dr. Era Jo Moorer. All others taken by Lin Heinrich.
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