Pointed-leaf Tick-trefoil

Description:

Also known as large-flower tickclover. Several long-stemmed compound leaves, grouped in 3s, are just below the flower cluster, alternately attached but nearly whorled. Leaflets are up to 5 inches long. Fruit is a flat pod divided into 1 to 4 segments, each straight to concave on the upper edge and well rounded on the lowers, and each containing 1 seed. The pod is covered in minute hooked hairs so it sticks to almost anything that passes by.

Habitat:

Spotted along the Old Indian Hiking Trail at Tamarac NWR. Plant was growing along a shaded trail of hardwood trees.

Notes:

Perennial plant is native to Minnesota and blooms June through August.