Fabaceae
Amor seco
Desmodium affine
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Amor seco
Synonyms
- Desmodium albiflorum Benth. & Oerst.
- Desmodium albiflorum Salzm. ex Benth.
- Desmodium albiflorum f. grandifolia Chodat & Hassl.
- Meibomia affinis (Schltdl.) Kuntze
- Meibomia albiflora (Salzm. ex Benth.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Virginia Y. Mogni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andrea Gantzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patricio Cowper Coles, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tomás Tamagno, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gaspar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lucas Carbone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fede y Vani, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.