Compilation
Hedysarum scorpiurus

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Identification

Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by W. Fawcett,

Entry for Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

Herbarium

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Collection

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Resource Type

Reference Sources

Entry From

Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,

Names

Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Journ. de Bot. 1: 122 (1813).

Hedysarum scorpiurus Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1788).

Information

A straggling, climbing or procumbent herb with small blue flowers.

Range

Introduced from tropical America.

Distribution

S. L.: Freetown (Jan.) Deighton 241! 485! Bonthe (fr. Mar.) Deighton 2484!G. C.: Morton!