Hylodesmum glutinosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Common names include large tick-trefoil, clustered-leaved tick-trefoil, large-flowered tick-clover, pointed tick-trefoil, beggar's lice and pointed-leaved tick-trefoil.[1][2] It occurs in eastern Canada, the central and eastern United States, and northeastern Mexico.[3]

Hylodesmum glutinosum
In Fairfax 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
Synonyms
Hedysarum glutinosum Muhlenberg ex Willdenow Desmodium acuminatum (Michaux) de Candolle Desmodium glutinosum (Mühlenberg ex Willdenow) Alph.Wood

Taxonomy

First described in 1802 as Hedysarum glutinosum and sometimes considered part of the genus Desmodium, it was transferred to the new genus Hylodesmum (tribe Desmodieae) in 2000.[4]

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