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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
Twisted tick-trefoil

Desmodium tortuosum
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Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Annual

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Assumed to be Native

Native Range: Florida, West Indies, continental tropical America, and tropical Africa.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

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Synonyms: Meibomia tortuosa.

Other data on Desmodium tortuosum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Desmodium tortuosum has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Desmodium tortuosum
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Desmodium tortuosum
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Desmodium tortuosum
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Desmodium tortuosum
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr