Fabaceae
Zarzabacoa de monte
Desmodium axillare
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Zarzabacoa de monte
Synonyms
- Desmodium axillare f. robustius Urb.
- Desmodium axillare var. acutifolium (Kuntze) Urb.
- Desmodium axillare var. angustatum Urb.
- Desmodium axillare var. axillare
- Desmodium axillare var. genuinum Urb.
- Desmodium axillare var. obtusifoliola (Kuntze) Urb.
- Desmodium axillare var. sintenisii Urb.
- Desmodium axillare var. stoloniferum (Rich. ex Poir.) B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium oblongifolium DC.
- Desmodium radicans Macfad.
- Desmodium reptans (Poir.) G.Don
- Desmodium spirale var. stoloniferum (Rich. ex Poir.) DC.
- Desmodium stoloniferum (Rich. ex Poir.) Steud.
- Hedysarum axillare Sw.
- Hedysarum oblongifolium Bertero ex DC.
- Hedysarum reptans Poir.
- Hedysarum stoloniferum Rich. ex Poir.
- Hedysarum violaceum Vell.
- Meibomia albida S.F.Blake
- Meibomia andina Rusby
- Meibomia axillaris (Sw.) Kuntze
- Meibomia axillaris var. acutifolia Kuntze
- Meibomia axillaris var. obtusifoliola Kuntze
- Meibomia prorepens S.F.Blake
- Meibomia reptans (Poir.) Kuntze
- Meibomia sintenisii (Urb.) Britton
- Meibomia umbrosa Britton
- Nephromeria axillaris (Sw.) Schindl.
- Nephromeria axillaris f. robustior (Urb.) Schindl.
- Nephromeria axillaris var. acutifolia (Kuntze) Schindl.
- Nephromeria axillaris var. obtusifoliola (Kuntze) Schindl.
- Nephromeria axillaris var. sintenisii (Urb.) Schindl.
- Nephromeria sintenisii (Urb.) Britton & P.Wilson
- Nephromeria umbrosa (Britton) Britton & P.Wilson
- Orobus trifoliatus Sessé & Moc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.