Illinois bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
other common names: Illinois acacia, prairie mimosa, pickle-weed
Desmanthus: from the Greek words desme, meaning “a bundle,” and anthos, meaning “flower”
Illinoensis: meaning “of Illinois”
Legume family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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