Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) Hitchc.

Western trailing ticktrefoil (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Desmodium

Characteristics

Herb with several to many stems arising from the base and soon becoming procumbent. Leaves trifoliolate or occasionally unifoliolate, stipulate, petiolate; leaflets narrowly to broadly ovate. Inflorescence axillary and terminal, racemose to racemose paniculate and highly diffuse; primary bracts subtending fascicles of 3 to several pedicels, of which 2 mature together first; secondary bracts similar to the primary but smaller. Flowers with the calyx puberulent and scattered short pilose throughout. Loments sessile to short stipitate, to 5-articulate; articles with isthmi central, rhombic in outline appearing slightly to much twisted.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Desmodium procumbens leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Desmodium procumbens leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Desmodium procumbens leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Desmodium procumbens flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Desmodium procumbens flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Desmodium procumbens flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Desmodium procumbens fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Desmodium procumbens world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Malawi, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1163828-2
WFO ID wfo-0000177311
COL ID 6CNWP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629544
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Meibomia spiralis Desmodium spirale Desmodium procumbens Desmodium chamissonis Meibomia hoehneana Meibomia lilloana Hedysarum spirale Hedysarum tenellum Meibomia procumbens Desmodium sylvaticum Desmodium tenellum Hedysarum tenellum Cyclomorium caracasanum Desmodium annuum Hippocrepis rhomboidea Desmodium sprengelii Meibomia chamissonis Meibomia annua Meibomia tenella Meibomia tenuicula Meibomia procumbens Hedysarum procumbens Meibomia procumbens var. silvatica Desmodium procumbens var. longipes Desmodium procumbens var. procumbens Meibomia tenella var. longipes Desmodium spirale var. annuum Desmodium tenuiculum

Lower taxons

Desmodium procumbens var. exiguum Desmodium procumbens var. transversum Desmodium procumbens var. neomexicanum