Patagonia Wildflowers
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creeping beggarweed
Desmodium incanum
Desmodium incanum
creeping beggarweed Pea Family
Desmodium incanum Fabaceae
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English common names
  •creeping beggarweed
  •Spanish clover
Spanish common names
  •pega-pega
  •mata-pasto
Portuguese common name
  •amor-do-campo
accepted scientific name
  •Desmodium incanum DC.
rules for finding collection records
  Desmodium incanum (1222)
  Desmodium canum (31)
  Desmodium frutescens (1)
  Desmodium incanum incanum (0)
  Desmodium supinum (2)
family name
  • Fabaceae
Image Author: ©2023 Francisco Herrera, ©2008 Sylvain Piry
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Category: Wildflowers, Shrubs
Flowers: Pea shaped flowers
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.4 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Compound
Plant Observed All Year

How Likely at this Location (88%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (36%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Disturbed
Forest
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Riparian
Meadow
Grassland
Native Plant Status
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native Native
native Not Present