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*Desmodium incanum (Swartz) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Zarzabacoa Tick-trefoil, Zarzabacoa común, Amor Seco, Empanadilla. Phenology: (Jan-) Mar-Oct (-Dec). Habitat: Lawns, disturbed areas; presumably introduced or adventive from tropical America. Distribution: A pantropical weedy species. Becoming common in s. AL (Dauphin Island (Barger et al. 2012).

Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl3, FNA11.1, K4, Mex, POWO, SE3, WH3, Isely (1998); Hedysarum incanum Sw. = Desmodium canum (J.F.Gmel.) Schinz & Thell. — Bah, Tx, illegitimate basionym; = Meibomia cana (J.F.Gmel.) Blake — S, illegitimate basionym; = Meibomia supina (Sw.) Britton — S13; > Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC. var. incanum — NS. Basionym: Hedysarum incanum Sw. 1788

Links to other floras: = Desmodium incanum - FNA11.1

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  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC

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