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greene said:This is only a guess and I hope I am wrong, but if it's Stick-tight Desmodium cuspidatum, Fabaceae (or similar) it's a bad thing.
I voluntarily go into my neighbors' yards to pull these up so they won't spread.

Please don't pull my desmodiums...
Valuable wildlife plants... the long-tailed skipper uses them for a host plant and a number of birds eat their seeds....

There's a lot of things it could be... Fabaceae is a large group.

I was sorta thinking coral bean...
check the pics here:
http://keyserver.lucidcentral....

Or maybe a Rhynchosia...