Fabaceae
Horse marmalade
Desmodium subsecundum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- عرقيص ثنائي اللون
- English
- Horse marmalade
Synonyms
- Desmodium discolor Vogel
- Desmodium discolor var. discolor
- Desmodium discolor var. villosum (Hoehne) Malme
- Meibomia discolor (Vogel) Kuntze
- Meibomia discolor var. pohlii Schindl.
- Meibomia discolor var. villosa Hoehne
- Meibomia leiocarpa var. subsecunda (Vogel) Schindl.
- Meibomia subsecunda (Vogel) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, 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). About our plant data.