Desmodium tortuosum | |
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Leaves and seedpods | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Desmodium |
Species: | D. tortuosum
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Binomial name | |
Desmodium tortuosum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
List
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Desmodium tortuosum, the twisted tick trefoil, dixie tick trefoil, tall tick clover, Florida beggarweed, and giant beggar weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] It is native to Latin America, and widely introduced as a forage to much of the rest of the world's subtropics and tropics. [1] [3]