Florida Beggar-Weed

Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Desmodium tortuosum
Description: Plant Form Trailing shrub Size Up to 2 m tall Stem With dense rusty hairs Leaves Growing alternately up stems from hairy 0.7-3.5 cm long stems, each forming three leaflets which can be very broad or more narrow, middle leaflet largest, leaflet surfaces with hooked hairs Flowers Pink-purple pea-flowers grow on flower spikes Fruit and Seeds Seed pod with hooked hairs, 1.7-2.2 cm long with 5-8 segments Habitat Disturbed areas Weed Status: Other Weed Weed Type: Common Lifeform: Herbaceous, Shrubby

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