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Illinois Tick Trefoil Illinois Tick Trefoil is a legume and another member of the pea family.
Each leaf is composed of 3 leaflets.  The flowers are loosely clustered along an elongated, usually unbranched stalk at the top of the plant.

This legume is a loment whose ripened seedpod breaks into one-seeded sections with hooked hairs.

The Tick Trefoils scatter their seeds more efficiently than any other plants on the prairie as the seeds cling to any animal or human passing by.

bee songbird butterflydeer The plant attracts bees, birds, butterflies & deer
Height: 3 - 6 ft
Color: Purple
Flowering Time: Jul - Aug
   

Companion Plants:
Pale Purple Coneflower,
Heartleaf Golden Alexander, Prairie Larkspur
Illinois Tick Trefoil grows in dry prairie and requires full sun.

It is easily propagated from scarified seed and will bloom the first or second year.
 

 

Illinois Tick Trefoil Price List

4,300 seeds / ounce
Item # Amount Price  
DesmoIlP Packet $2  
DesmoIl.25 1/4 oz $5  
DesmoIl.5 1/2 oz $8  
DesmoIlOz Ounce $15  
DesmoIlLb Pound $200  
To Order Illinois Tick Trefoil,
Call (515) 733-4634
Or Order by Mail: Order Form
 
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