Desmodium rotundifolium
Desmodium rotundifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae |
Genus: | Desmodium |
Species: | D. rotundifolium |
Binomial name | |
Desmodium rotundifolium DC. | |
Natural range of Desmodium rotundifolium from USDA NRCS Plants Database. |
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Description
Common Name: Prostrate ticktrefoil
Flowers may be blue or light purple in northern states (FSU Herbarium). In southern areas, fresh corollas are rosy pink, then fading into a whitish color with age (FSU Herbarium). Creeping and trailing habit and prostrate(FSU Herbarium).