Creeping Ticktrefoil
Desmodium incanum
Summary 7
Desmodium incanum, known as creeping beggarweed or Spanish clover/tick-trefoil, is a perennial plant native to Central and South America. It is sometimes considered a weed, and has spread through Florida and across the southern USA into southern Texas and across many Pacific islands; for example on Hawaiʻi it is known as Kaimi clover or by the Hawaiian name kaʻimi ("The Seeker").
National distribution 8
United States
Origin: NativeRegularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Sources and Credits
- (c) João Medeiros, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/cerrados/6281326525/
- Michael Kesl, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/49715.jpg
- (c) Forest & Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/52599.jpg
- (c) MAPR, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10223283
- (c) Ingrid P. Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10211936
- (c) Ingrid P. Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10211933
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmodium_incanum
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29100027
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