Desmodium varians
Slender Tick-trefoil
Twining prostrate or scrambling perennial herb with short hairs on weak branches.
Additional information
- FamilyFabaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Size0.2-0.5 m long
- Plant groupingClimbers & creepers
- LeavesLightly hairy to hairless leaves divided into 3 leaflets, lower leaves broad to roundish, 5-20 mm x 5-20 mm, tips blunt; upper leaves oblong, 1-4 cm x 5-8 mm, tips pointed. Small leaf-like stipules at base of leaves.
- Flower colourWhite to yellowish
- Flowering timeMost of the year esp. spring to autumn
- FlowersLarge, loose terminal sprays to 25 cm long of 4-60 pea flowers, in pairs or 3's. Pods densely hairy.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist well drained soils in open forests. Dappled and semi shade.
- Garden useA light twiner which can be planted under established trees or on a sheltered trellis.
- Commercially availableNo information available
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from very few local sites. Also uncommon outside the Shire boundary.
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Photographer/s: 1, 2 Neil Blair Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©; 3-5 Colleen Miller ©
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