Desmodium tortuosum

Desmodium tortuosum
Leaves and seedpods
Flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Desmodium
Species:	D. tortuosum
Binomial name
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
Synonyms [1]
List Desmodium physocarposVogel Desmodium pulcherrimumShuttlew. ex Griseb. Desmodium purpureum(Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle Desmodium stipulaceumDC. Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellumDC. Hedysarum purpureumMill. Hedysarum stipulaceumSessé ex DC. Hedysarum tortuosum Sw. Meibomia physocarpa(Vogel) Kuntze Meibomia purpurea(Mill.) Vail Meibomia stipulacea(DC.) Kuntze Meibomia tortuosa(Sw.) Kuntze

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]} It's been observed growing in habitats such as beaches, along lake shores, and in floodplains. It can be found growing in sandy soil and full sun. ^[4]

References

1. "Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 24 June 2022.
2. "Desmodium tortuosum (DEDTO)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
3. "Datasheet Desmodium tortuosum (Florida beggarweed)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
4. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database.  URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Jane Brockmann, A. F. Clewell, J. Ferborgh, R.K. Godfrey, C. Henderson, Gary R. Knight, R. Komarek, Victoria Sullivan, and Jean Wooten. States and counties: Florida: Bay, Columbia, Franklin, Gulf, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Monroe, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, and Washington. Georgia: Thomas.