Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.)DC., Prodr. 2: 331 (1825) (syn: Desmodium hjalmarsonii (Schindl.) Standl.; Desmodium pilosiusculum DC.; Desmodium sandwicense E.Mey.; Desmodium sinclairii Benth.; Desmodium uncinatum var. gracile Burkart; Hedysarum adhaerens Vahl; Hedysarum mexicanum Sweet; Hedysarum uncinatum Jacq.; Hedysarum virgatum Cerv. ex Sweet; Meibomia hjalmarsonii Schindl.; Meibomia limensis var. pilosiuscula (DC.) Schindl.; Meibomia pilosiuscula (DC.) Hochr.; Meibomia sinclairii (Benth.) Schindl.; Meibomia uncinata (Jacq.) Kuntze); . Mexico to S. Tropical America: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela; Introduced into: Angola, Cameroon, Cook Is., Ethiopia, Ghana, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Kenya, Malawi, Marquesas, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Queensland, St.Helena, Tonga, Zimbabwe as per POWO; .
Plant for ID 16/12/09 SMP2 : 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) Again a Fabaceae member at Munnar Dec2009. For Id Adding another picture probably of the same plant emerging through another bush. Attachments (1) Again a Fabaceae member at Munnar Dec2009 this is probably some species of Desmodium sp ……i forgot the species .. sorry for it …..i am also waiting to renew the knowledge. Does a Desmodium have serrate margin?! two plants mixed up here; the serrate leaved one is vegetative (Ageratum???); and the flowers belong to the trifoliolate leaves, perhaps Desmodium only, as told by … I hope this plant is Desmodium multiflorum DC. in Ann.Sci.Nat.Par.ser. 1.4:101. Jan. 1825. Ohashi in Univ. Tokyo Bull.2:272.1971; Ohashi l.c. 110.1973. Does not match with images of Desmodium multiflorum DC. (as told by …) Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC. .         654 ID wild plant: 8 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: Suryanelli Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 6500fsl Flower date: 10OCT2024, 07pm Habitat: wild moisture misty sloppy grassland highland Plant habit: small trailing branched herb, weak cylindrical hairy stem 03mm diameter, perennial Height: 01 feet Leaves: alternate tripartite leaflets elliptic acute simple rough hairy, size upto: 06×3.5cm Flower: axillary spike inflorescence, clustered, size:25x10x12mm, whitish blue, non fragrant Fruit: pod green into brown ovoid tomentose Seed: I think it is Desmodium scorpiurus: Desmodium scorpiurus flower is very small than my flower and it is growing only in high altitude. Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC. Yes, it is Desmodium uncinatum dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant . |
Desmodium uncinatum
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