Hylodesmum glutinosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.

Common names include large tick-trefoil, clustered-leaved tick-trefoil, large-flowered tick-clover, pointed tick-trefoil, beggar's lice and pointed-leaved tick-trefoil.

[1][2] It occurs in eastern Canada, the central and eastern United States, and northeastern Mexico.

[3] First described in 1802 as Hedysarum glutinosum and sometimes considered part of the genus Desmodium, it was transferred to the new genus Hylodesmum (tribe Desmodieae) in 2000.

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