Panicled tick trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum)

Family: Fabaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

A nitrogen fixing perennial herb. As a carbon farming plant it can be used for nitrogen, as an understory legume and for fodder (bank, pasture).

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

None Known. — Harvested fresh in season according to PFAF botanical monograph.

Habitat & North American Range

Moist to dry (chiefly oak) forests and savannas, clearings, shores, ravines; prairies, sandy hillsides and banks. Forest edges, forests, woodlands. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)