trefoil.BH.7.29.15.500 Published August 1, 2015 at 500 × 281 in Dowells Draft and Chimney Hollow Ecology Hike ← Previous Next → Foliage from Naked-Flowered Tick Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum). The flowers are borne on an otherwise naked stalk. From a separate stalk come the three-part compound leaves. Photo and caption by Byron Hukee.