Fabaceae
Desmodium molliculum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Quechua
- Runamanayupa, Runap manayupanan, Runaq manayupanan
- Spanish
- Manayupa, Pata de perro
Synonyms
- Desmodium adscendens var. caeruleum (Lindl.) DC.
- Desmodium mexicanum S.Watson
- Desmodium mexicanum Sweet
- Hedysarum adscendens var. caeruleum Lindl.
- Hedysarum ascendens var. caeruleum Lindl.
- Hedysarum molliculum Kunth
- Heteroloma lanatum Desv. ex Kunth
- Meibomia mollicula (Kunth) Kuntze
Photos

Photo: Roxana Sepúlveda, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.