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Desmodium prostratum
Desmodium prostratum is a species of perennial herbaceous plant in the legume family commonly known as the Cape tick-trefoil. It is a very rare species endemic to the Sierra de la Laguna mountain range in Baja California Sur, Mexico, where it grows in stream banks, canyons, and mountains. It has prostrate stems of orbicular leaves divided into 3 leaflets, growing from a perennial root. The flowers are purple and bloom from September to November. Desmodium prostratum was first discovered and described by Townshend Stith Brandegee in 1891.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Desmodium prostratum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
