Desmodium sessilifolium

Desmodium sessilifolium, common name sessileleaf ticktrefoil, is a species of plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to North America.

Desmodium sessilifolium
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Desmodium
Species:	D. sessilifolium
Binomial name
Desmodium sessilifolium (Torr. ex M.A.Curtis) Torr. & A. Gray

Conservation status

It is listed as endangered and extirpated in Maryland, endangered in New Jersey and Ohio, extirpated in Pennsylvania, and threatened in Rhode Island.^[1] It is a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.^[2]