This is growing in a shady area.

I don't know what it is, but it is not Poison Ivy.

Is this a vine? I'd suspect it's a Clematis.

My first thought was possibly Passiflora. A Passiflora lutea variegated leaf on this page: http://www.ncwildflower.org/pl...

Looks sort of like fall clematis.

Good eye Tiffany & Arlene! Here's a photo in the database showing foliage that looks similar!

http://garden.org/plants/searc... Enter known data

Desmodium tweedyi ...
https://www.google.cz/search?q...
https://www.flickr.com/search/...

What an interesting little plant, a native of Texas

http://www.wildflower.org/plan...

It is in a naturalized area and although there are clematis nearby as well as passiflora, I think it is Desmodium tweedyi . Wow...you guys are good! Can't wait to see the bloom.

It is the more similar it is compare

I should have recognized this one but don't know why I didn't think of Desmodium, we have few types that grow here in Florida:


Anna, I hope you will consider adding your photo to the database, we currently don't have photos of Tweedy's ticktrefoil (Desmodium tweedyi)

That does look like a better match, cool! I've found Desmodiums with non-variegated leaves before, but was unable to nail down a species. The little flowers are adorable, on any kind, as far as I could tell from pics. And personally, would be a much more welcome addition than Clematis terniflora. Probably native, and not growing too big to control.

plantladylin said:I should have recognized this one but don't know why I didn't think of Desmodium, we have few types that grow here in Florida:

• Creeping Tick Trefoil (Desmodium triflorum)
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• Sand Tick Trefoil (Desmodium lineatum)
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Anna, I hope you will consider adding your photo to the database, we currently don't have photos of Tweedy's ticktrefoil (Desmodium tweedyi)

You made that easy!

purpleinopp said:That does look like a better match, cool! I've found Desmodiums with non-variegated leaves before, but was unable to nail down a species. The little flowers are adorable, on any kind, as far as I could tell from pics. And personally, would be a much more welcome addition than Clematis terniflora. Probably native, and not growing too big to control.

I try to keep that clem confined to a corner

This discussion was in my mind while "wildflower spotting" yesterday. I did find this adorable leaf, but without violating my policy of not touching the unknown foliage around it, I was unable to investigate where it was coming from. (My skin is sensitive to getting a rash from MANY plants. I can't take chances in remote locations w/o soap & running water.)

canadanna,
I am not seeing this as a Desmodium; can you post more photos to show the back of the leaf, the individual leaf, the stem, etc.
There are many plants that have white watermarked leaves when young; the pattern may be throwing us off a bit.

canadanna said:This is growing in a shady area.

• Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis terniflora)
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purpleinopp said:This discussion was in my mind while "wildflower spotting" yesterday. I did find this adorable leaf, but without violating my policy of not touching the unknown foliage around it, I was unable to investigate where it was coming from. (My skin is sensitive to getting a rash from MANY plants. I can't take chances in remote locations w/o soap & running water.)

I like the first pic for autumn clematis... an invasive.

The second pic looks like passiflora... desirable.

Will do this weekend.
I did pull another smaller one up and it looked like it just had a little round "bulb " and not regular looking roots

Interesting! None of the plants discussed so far are ones with which I have much familiarity, so am anxious to learn more. I wasn't asking for ID for the leaf I found, but now I'm inspired to look in this spot again later in the year to see how it might be developing.