Desmodium canadense, also known as showy tick-trefoil, is a perennial herb in the legume family that is native to eastern North America. It can be found in various habitats, including woods, prairies, and roadsides, and is often grown as an ornamental plant. This species is also important for wildlife, serving as a host plant for butterflies like the eastern tailed-blue and silver-spotted skipper, as well as attracting butterflies and hummingbirds with its pink to purple pea-shaped flowers that bloom from July to September.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Hedysarum canadensis	L.
Meibomia canadensis	(L.) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 195 (1891)
Hedysarum canadense	L.	Sp. Pl.: 748 (1753)
Edusaron canadense	(L.) Medik.	Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges.2: 371 (1787)
Hedysarum scabrum	Moench	Methodus: 118 (1794)
Pleurolobus canadensis	MacMill.	Metasp. Minnesota Valley: 319 (1892)
Desmodium canadense var. minus	Hook.	Fl. Bor.-Amer.1: 154 (1834)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	canada tick-clover
English	canada tick-trefoil
English	canada tickclover
English	canadian tick-trefoil
English	showy tick trefoil
English	showy tick-trefoil
English	showy ticktrefoil
French	desmodie du canada
Swedish	lusväppling
Chinese	美洲山蚂蝗

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

Requires Scarification: Scarification involves physically breaking, scratching, or softening the seed coat to allow water absorption and germination to occur. This can be done by nicking the seed coat with a knife or rubbing the seeds between sheets of sandpaper.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick
  - Ontario
  - Québec
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Illinois
  - Kansas
  - Minnesota
  - Nebraska
  - North Dakota
  - Oklahoma
  - South Dakota
  - Wisconsin
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Indiana
  - Maine
  - Michigan
  - New Hampshire
  - New York
  - Ohio
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  - Vermont
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- South-central U.S.A.
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- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Maryland
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000170488
Canadensys	5717
USDA Plants	DECA7
Tropicos	13018345
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1051889-2
The Plant List	ild-16761
Open Tree Of Life	703608
NCBI Taxonomy	932098
Nature Serve	2.139796
IPNI	1051889-2
iNaturalist	129505
GBIF	2967285
Freebase	/m/0gsrgx
WisFlora	3367
EPPO	DEDCD
EOL	639746
USDA GRIN	13617
Wikipedia	Desmodium_canadense
CMAUP	NPO16182

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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An Investigation of the Antiviral Potential of Phytocompounds against Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus through Template-Based Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Analysis

Gul I, Hassan A, Haq E, Ahmad SM, Shah RA, Ganai NA, Chikan NA, Abdul-Careem MF, Shabir N

Viruses

26-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10144825
doi:	10.3390/v15040847
PMID:	37112828

Synthesis of Novel 1,3,4-Oxadiazole-Derived α-Aminophosphonates/α-Aminophosphonic Acids and Evaluation of Their In Vitro Antiviral Activity against the Avian Coronavirus Infectious Bronchitis Virus

Hkiri S, Mekni-Toujani M, Üstün E, Hosni K, Ghram A, Touil S, Samarat A, Sémeril D

Pharmaceutics

29-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9867332
doi:	10.3390/pharmaceutics15010114
PMID:	36678743

A Mixed Model for Assessing the Effect of Numerous Plant Species Interactions on Grassland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Relationships

McDonnell J, McKenna T, Yurkonis KA, Hennessy D, de Andrade Moral R, Brophy C

J Agric Biol Environ Stat

01-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9908731
doi:	10.1007/s13253-022-00505-2
PMID:	36779040

Effects of Commercial Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculants on Plant Productivity and Intra-Radical Colonization in Native Grassland: Unintentional De-Coupling of a Symbiosis?

Duell EB, Cobb AB, Wilson GW

Plants (Basel)

31-Aug-2022

PMCID:	PMC9460666
doi:	10.3390/plants11172276
PMID:	36079657

Novel and Alternative Therapeutic Strategies for Controlling Avian Viral Infectious Diseases: Focus on Infectious Bronchitis and Avian Influenza

Abbas G, Yu J, Li G

Front Vet Sci

22-Jul-2022

PMCID:	PMC9353128
doi:	10.3389/fvets.2022.933274
PMID:	35937298

Reinventory of the vascular plants of Mormon Island Crane Meadows after forty years of restoration, invasion, and climate change

Caven AJ, Wiese JD

Heliyon

03-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9192816
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09640
PMID:	35711997

Effect of herbal compounds on coronavirus; a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kesheh MM, Shavandi S, Haeri Moghaddam N, Ramezani M, Ramezani F

Virol J

21-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9123756
doi:	10.1186/s12985-022-01808-z
PMID:	35597998

In vivo antiviral effect of plant essential oils against avian infectious bronchitis virus

Zhang Y, Li XY, Zhang BS, Ren LN, Lu YP, Tang JW, Lv D, Yong L, Lin LT, Lin ZX, Mo Q, Mo ML

BMC Vet Res

07-Mar-2022

PMCID:	PMC8899001
doi:	10.1186/s12917-022-03183-x
PMID:	35255906

Can Artemisia herba-alba Be Useful for Managing COVID-19 and Comorbidities?

Hasan A, Biswas P, Bondhon TA, Jannat K, Paul TK, Paul AK, Jahan R, Nissapatorn V, Mahboob T, Wilairatana P, Hasan MN, de Lourdes Pereira M, Wiart C, Rahmatullah M

Molecules

13-Jan-2022

PMCID:	PMC8779608
doi:	10.3390/molecules27020492
PMID:	35056809

Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) Extracts-Suitable Pharmacological Interventions for COVID-19? A Review

Abraham J, Florentine S

Plants (Basel)

26-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8708549
doi:	10.3390/plants10122600
PMID:	34961070

A Brief Overview of Potential Treatments for Viral Diseases Using Natural Plant Compounds: The Case of SARS-Cov

Abiri R, Abdul-Hamid H, Sytar O, Abiri R, Bezerra de Almeida E Jr, Sharma SK, Bulgakov VP, Arroo RR, Malik S

Molecules

24-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8270261
doi:	10.3390/molecules26133868
PMID:	34202844

Bradyrhizobium septentrionale sp. nov. (sv. septentrionale) and Bradyrhizobium quebecense sp. nov. (sv. septentrionale) associated with legumes native to Canada possess rearranged symbiosis genes and numerous insertion sequences

Bromfield ES, Cloutier S

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol

09-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8374602
doi:	10.1099/ijsem.0.004831
PMID:	34106824

Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Natural Products as Potentially Therapeutic Agents

Kim CH

Front Pharmacol

27-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8194829
doi:	10.3389/fphar.2021.590509
PMID:	34122058

A review of Cameroonian medicinal plants with potentials for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic

Fongnzossie Fedoung E, Biwole AB, Nyangono Biyegue CF, Ngansop Tounkam M, Akono Ntonga P, Nguiamba VP, Essono DM, Forbi Funwi P, Tonga C, Nguenang GM, Kemeuze V, Sonwa DJ, Tsabang N, Bouelet IS, Tize Z, Boum AT, Momo Solefack MC, Betti JL, Nouga Bissoue A, Lehman LG, Mapongmetsem PM, Nneme Nneme L, Ngono Ngane RA, Ngogang Yonkeu J

26-Mar-2021

PMCID:	PMC7994110
doi:	10.1007/s13596-021-00567-6

COVID-19 Prophylaxis Efforts Based on Natural Antiviral Plant Extracts and Their Compounds

Sytar O, Brestic M, Hajihashemi S, Skalicky M, Kubeš J, Lamilla-Tamayo L, Ibrahimova U, Ibadullayeva S, Landi M

Molecules

30-Jan-2021

PMCID:	PMC7866841
doi:	10.3390/molecules26030727
PMID:	33573318

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Lupeol	259846	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C	426.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
Sitogluside	5742590	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones
5,7-dihydroxy-2-[4-hydroxy-2-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]phenyl]chromen-4-one	162911690	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1O)C2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)C3=CC(=O)C4=C(C=C(C=C4O3)O)O	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
5,7-Dihydroxy-2-[4-hydroxy-2-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]phenyl]chromen-4-one	162911689	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1O)C2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)C3=CC(=O)C4=C(C=C(C=C4O3)O)O	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
5,7-dihydroxy-2-[4-hydroxy-3-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]phenyl]chromen-4-one	162929829	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
5,7-Dihydroxy-2-[4-hydroxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]phenyl]chromen-4-one	162929828	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid C-glycosides
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one	6426860	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C(=C3O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one	57511421	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C(=C3O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one	4475102	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C(=C3O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
Isoorientin	114776	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C(=C3O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid C-glycosides / Flavonoid 8-C-glycosides
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-8-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one	5378180	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C(=C(C=C3O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
Homo-orientin	5382105	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C(=C(C=C3O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00565808 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
Orientin	5281675	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C(=C(C=C3O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
Vitexin	5280441	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C(=C(C=C3O)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563474
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
isorhamnetin 3-O-glucoside	5318645	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	478.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
Kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside	5318767	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	594.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Rutin	5280805	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00565808
Trifolin	5282149	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
Isorhamnetin 3-glucoside-7-rhamnoside	72188972	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=CC(=C3C(=C2)OC(=C(C3=O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)O)O)O)O	624.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Robinin	5281693	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)C)O)O)O)C6=CC=C(C=C6)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	740.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 7-O-methylated flavonoids
(2R)-5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one	14057197	Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)OC)O	300.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / Furanoisoflavonoids / Pterocarpans
Melilitocarpan B	23259931	Click to see COC1=C(C2=C(C=C1)C3C(CO2)C4=C(O3)C=C(C=C4)O)O	286.28	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylated isoflavonoids / 3-hydroxy,4-methoxyisoflavonoids
2H-1-Benzopyran-7-ol, 3,4-dihydro-3-(3-hydroxy-2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-, (3R)-	13873811	Click to see COC1=C(C(=C(C=C1)C2CC3=C(C=C(C=C3)O)OC2)OC)O	302.32	unknown	via CMAUP database
Calycosin	5280448	Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=COC3=C(C2=O)C=CC(=C3)O)O	284.26	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylisoflavones
2'-Hydroxybiochanin A	5282075	Click to see COC1=CC(=C(C=C1)C2=COC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)O	300.26	unknown	via CMAUP database
Biochanin A	5280373	Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=COC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O	284.26	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / O-methylated isoflavonoids / 7-O-methylated isoflavonoids / 7-O-methylisoflavones
4',7-Dimethoxyisoflavone	136419	Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=COC3=C(C2=O)C=CC(=C3)OC	282.29	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Linear 1,3-diarylpropanoids / Chalcones and dihydrochalcones / 2-Hydroxychalcones
1-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-3-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one	622927	Click to see COC1=CC=CC(=C1OC)C=CC(=O)C2=C(C=C(C=C2)O)O	300.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
1-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one	165210	Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C=CC(=O)C2=C(C=C(C=C2)O)O)OC	300.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
2',4'-Dihydroxy-4-methoxychalcone	5711223	Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C=CC(=O)C2=C(C=C(C=C2)O)O	270.28	unknown	via CMAUP database
GU17;ISL;Isoliquiritigen	425	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)C2=C(C=C(C=C2)O)O)O	256.25	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Linear 1,3-diarylpropanoids / Chalcones and dihydrochalcones / 3-prenylated chalcones
1-[2,4-Dihydroxy-3-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)phenyl]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one	193568	Click to see CC(=CCC1=C(C=CC(=C1O)C(=O)C=CC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)O)C	324.40	unknown	via CMAUP database

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Desmodium canadense

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Synonyms Top

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Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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