Fabaceae
Hawai'i ticktrefoil
Desmodium uncinatum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 銀葉山螞蟥, 银叶山蚂蟥, 銀葉藤, 银叶藤
- English
- Hawai'i ticktrefoil
Synonyms
- Desmodium hjalmarsonii (Schindl.) Standl.
- Desmodium intortum var. pilosiusculum (DC.) Fosberg
- Desmodium pilosiusculum DC.
- Desmodium sandwicense E.Mey.
- Desmodium sinclairii Benth.
- Desmodium uncinatum var. gracile Burkart
- Desmodium uncinatum var. uncinatum
- Hedysarum adhaerens Vahl
- Hedysarum mexicanum Sweet
- Hedysarum uncinatum Jacq.
- Hedysarum virgatum Cerv. ex Sweet
- Meibomia hjalmarsonii Schindl.
- Meibomia limensis var. pilosiuscula (DC.) Schindl.
- Meibomia pilosiuscula (DC.) Hochr.
- Meibomia sinclairii (Benth.) Schindl.
- Meibomia uncinata (Jacq.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, 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.