Creeping beggarweed
Desmodium incanum
About
Desmodium incanum, also known as creeping beggarweed, Spanish clover, Spanish tick-trefoil or hitchhikers is a perennial plant native to Central and South America. In Hawaiʻi it is known as kaʻimi or kaimi clover from the Hawaiian for "seeker". Initially introduced as forage crop around the world, it has spread to many places although it is no longer an important fodder crop. It is considered a weed both within and outside its native range. It has spread through Florida and across the southern USA into southern Texas and across many Pacific islands, including Hawaiʻi.
- Family
- Fabaceae
How to use it
Creeping beggarweed can be used as a ground cover due to its spreading nature, helping to prevent soil erosion. It can also be beneficial for improving soil health as it belongs to the legume family, which can fix nitrogen in the soil.
Sources: Grangery
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Desmodium incanum
- Slug
- desmodium-incanum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmodium
- Species
- incanum
- Wikidata QID
- Q2717285
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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