Desmodium paniculatum




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