Fabaceae
Greenleaf ticktrefoil
Desmodium intortum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 绿叶山蚂蝗, 西班牙三葉草, 扭曲山蚂蝗, 扭曲山蚂蟥, 西班牙三叶草
- English
- Greenleaf ticktrefoil
- Spanish
- Maricao
Synonyms
- Desmodium adhaesivum Schltdl.
- Desmodium aparines (Link) DC.
- Desmodium intortum var. apiculatum B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium intortum var. intortum
- Desmodium nantouensis Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu
- Desmodium sonorae A.Gray
- Desmodium trigonum (Sw.) DC.
- Hedysarum aparines Link
- Hedysarum intortum Mill.
- Hedysarum trigonum Sw.
- Meibomia adhaesiva (Schltdl.) Kuntze
- Meibomia aparines (Link) Schindl.
- Meibomia balaensis Schindl.
- Meibomia intorta (Mill.) S.F.Blake
- Meibomia sonorae (A.Gray) Kuntze
- Meibomia trigona F.W.Gandara
- Meibomia trigona Gandara
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Thomas Pleyber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dbe60, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Clément Sery, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jean-Albert Léandre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ergaïl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.