| Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
| Subfamily | Faboideae |
| Tribe | Desmodieae |
| Subtribe | Desmodiinae |
| Scientific name | Desmodium paniculatum (L.) de Candolle |
| Synonyms | Desmodium dillenii Darlington; Desmodium paniculatum (L.) de Candolle var. angustifolium Torrey & A. Gray; Desmodium paniculatum (L.) de Candolle var. dillenii (Darlington) Isely; Desmodium paniculatum (L.) de Candolle var. epetiolatum B. G. Schubert; Desmodium paniculatum (L.) de Candolle var. pubens Torrey & A. Gray; Desmodium paniculatum (L.) de Candolle var. typicum B. G. Schubert; Desmodium pubens (Torrey & A. Gray) M. J. Young; Hedysarum paniculatum L.; Hedysarum paniculatum L. var. obtusum Desvaux; Meibomia chapmanii Small; Meibomia dillenii (Darlington) Kuntze; Meibomia paniculata (L.) Kuntze; Meibomia paniculata (L.) Kuntze var. angustifolia (Torrey & A. Gray) Vail; Meibomia paniculata (L.) Kuntze var. chapmanii Britton; Meibomia paniculata (L.) Kuntze var. obtusa (Desvaux) Schindler; Meibomia paniculata (L.) Kuntze var. pubens (Torrey & A. Gray) Vail; Meibomia pubens (Torrey & A. Gray) Rydberg; Pleurolobus dillenii (Darlington) MacMillan; Pleurolobus paniculatus (L.) MacMillan |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) arechi-nusubito-hagi (アレチヌスビトハギ, 荒地盗人萩 [meaning: bush theif lespedeza] |
| (English common name) panicledleaf ticktrefoil | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] Canada, USA | |
| Habitat | Roadside, field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=22 |
| Description | Plants electing 50-150cm tall. Leaves ternate, leaflets each 4-8cm long, 1-4cm wide. Flowers purple (or merely white) 4.5-6mm long, pedicels 6-17mm long, flowering in September to October. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. |
| Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. | |
| Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. | |
| Infection resistant plants and methods for their generation (WO/2006/032087) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (forst collected in 1940) |
| September 2008 at roadside |
September 2008 at roadside |
September 2008 at roadside |
| September 2008 at roadside |
September 2008 at roadside |
September 2008 at roadside |