Flora of North America species comparison

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Desmodium procumbens var. neomexicanum
Photo is of parent taxon
Habit Herbs annual.
Stems

sparsely uncinate-pubescent or glabrescent.
Leaves

mostly trifoliolate;

leaflet blades: apex obtuse, surfaces uncinate-puberulent.
Primary

bracts usually persistent, 2.5–5.5 mm.
Loments

slightly spirally twisted;

segments (1 or)2–5;

stipe 0.3–2 mm.
2n

= 22.

Desmodium procumbens var. neomexicanum
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Mountain slopes, mesas, streamsides, grasslands, pinyon-juniper wood­lands.
Elevation 1100–2100 m. (3600–6900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Central America; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, México, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas); n South America [Introduced in Asia]
Discussion

In Texas, var. neomexicanum is known from the trans-Pecos region.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Desmodium > Desmodium procumbens
Sibling taxa
D. procumbens var. procumbens
Synonyms D. neomexicanum
Name authority (A. Gray) H. Ohashi: J. Jap. Bot. 88: 174. (2013)
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