ILLINOIS BUNDLEFLOWER
Desmanthus illinoensis

Product Code: WFA-2641 (Click to view Prices)

Description: a warm-season perennial, 36-60 inches tall; has doubly compound leaves. which create a fernlike appearance, the leaves are touch-sensitive and fold up when touched; flowers are creamy white and spherical, blooms mid-late summer.

• Synonyms: Illinois Tick Clover, Prairie Mimosa, False Sensitive Plant, (do not get this confused with Desmodium illinoense, which is a separate species)
• Culture/uses: prefers full sun, dry to moist soils; an important high-protein food plant for wildlife and readily eaten by livestock, also used for revegetation and prairie restoration. Good for Tallgrass Prairie plantings.
• Range/habitat: from OH and ND, s. to FL, and NM; common throughout tallgrass prairie and great plains, usually in disturbed sites, pastures, rocky open wooded slopes, ravines, streambanks, roadsides, waste places.
• Germination information: state standard = 40+H, has hard seed. Seeds/lb.= 67,000
• Planting rate: = 1 lb./ 3000 sq. ft., 13 lbs./acre (20)

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