| Hylodesmum glutinosum | |
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| InFairfax County, Virginia | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Hylodesmum |
| Species: | H. glutinosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylodesmum glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill | |
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Hylodesmum glutinosum is aspecies offlowering plant in thefamilyFabaceae. Common names includelarge tick-trefoil,clustered-leaved tick-trefoil,large-flowered tick-clover,pointed tick-trefoil,beggar's lice andpointed-leaved tick-trefoil.[1][2] It occurs in eastern Canada, the central and eastern United States, and northeastern Mexico.[3]
First described in 1802 asHedysarum glutinosum and sometimes considered part of the genusDesmodium, it was transferred to the new genusHylodesmum (tribeDesmodieae) in 2000.[4]