Desmodium tortuosum
(Florida beggar-weed)
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FAMILY |
Fabaceae |
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Species |
Desmodium tortuosum |
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Common name(s) |
Florida beggar-weed |
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Flower colour; life form |
Flowers pink to bluish. Erect plant to 1.8 m tall, sparsely branched. |
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Distinguishing features |
Stem covered with sticky hairs; leaves with 3 leaflets. Inflorescence a raceme with pea-shaped flowers in pairs, standard petal usually pink sometimes bluish-green. Pod flattened, 3-7 segments equally indented on both sides; covered in hooked hairs. |
