Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Desmodium canescens (L.) DC., Desmodium canescens (L.) DC. var. hirsutum (Hook.) B.L. Robins., Desmodium canescens (L.) DC. var. villosissimum Torr. & Gray, Desmodium canescens DC., Desmodium canescens hirsutum (Hook.) Robins, Hedysarum canadense L., Meibomia canadense (L.) Kuntze, Meibomia canescens L.

Common names:

Beggar's-lice [Beggar's lice, Beggar lice] (1900?-1923) (74, 156, 158)

Beggar's-ticks [Beggar's ticks, Beggar-ticks] (1900?-1923) (156, 158)

Bush trefoil (1840-1923) (19, 156)

Canada tickclover [Canadian tick trefoil, Canadian tick-trefoil] (1907-1986) (3, 4, 5, 72, 93, 155, 158)

Clover (1900?) (158)

Hairy tick-trefoil (1936, Neb) (93)

Hedysarum triphyllum Canadense (1629) (46)

Hoary tickclover (1923-1986) (3, 4, 148, 155)

Hoary tick-trefoil [Hoary tick trefoil, Hoary ticktrefoil] (1900?-Present) (5, 50, 62, 72, 97, 158)

Lucerne (1900?) (158)

Sainfoin (1913) (5)

Seed ticks (1912, IN) (62)

Showy tick-trefoil [Showy tick trefoil, Showy ticktrefoil] (1900?-Present) (5, 50, 93, 97, 158)

Tick-trefoil [Tick trefoil] (1894-1923) (114, 156)