Desmodium tortuosum
Beggarweed, Dixie Tick Trefoil
Other regional names: Dixie Ticktrefoil
- Dixie Ticktrefoil
Also known as: Desmodium ospriostreblum Steud. ex A.Rich. +10 more
- Desmodium ospriostreblum Steud. ex A.Rich.
- Desmodium physocarpos Vogel
- Desmodium pulcherrimum Shuttlew. ex Griseb.
- Desmodium spirale Baker
- Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC.
- Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.
- Meibomia physocarpa (Vogel) Kuntze
- Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Small
- Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail
- Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze
- Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Fabaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a annual, perennial or subshrub.
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Desmodium tortuosum (commonly known as Beggarweed or Dixie Tick Trefoil) is an annual, herbaceous perennial or shrub belonging to the Fabaceae family. Found natively in North America and South America, this species is primarily associated with seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Annual
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, Northern South America, Southeastern U.S.A., Southern South America, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Angola, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China Southeast, Congo, Cook Is., Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, The, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mississippi, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe