Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC.12 of 25
August 24, Myles Standish State Forest, Plymouth
Maryland or smooth small-leaved ticktrefoil
Stems glabrous; medial stem leaf petioles rather
long--about as long as lateral leaflets. In D. ciliare , a look-alike species also common in the Forest,
stems are hairy, petioles much shorter.