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Asian Tick Trefoil (Desmodium heterocarpon) Bugs and Ants are the best friends of flowering beauties....<br /> Identification Details:<br /> Asian Tick Trefoil is a nearly erect subshrub usually 0.5-1.5 m tall. Stems usually many-branched, appressed pubescent in upper part. Leaves 1-3-foliolate, leaflets usually elliptic, terminal one 2.5-6 cm long. Flowers numerous in racemose inflorescences 5-10 cm long. Flowers pink to purplish red, pea like. Pods narrowly oblong, 4-8-jointed, 1-2.8 cm long, densely hooked pubescent,2.5-3 mm long, 2-3 mm wide. <br /> <a href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/risearch/search.php?query=Desmodium+heterocarpon&amp;stpos=0&amp;stype=AND" rel="nofollow">http://www.flowersofindia.net/risearch/search.php?query=Desmodium+heterocarpon&amp;stpos=0&amp;stype=AND</a> Desmodium heterocarpon,Fall,Geotagged,India Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Asian Tick Trefoil (Desmodium heterocarpon)

Bugs and Ants are the best friends of flowering beauties....
Identification Details:
Asian Tick Trefoil is a nearly erect subshrub usually 0.5-1.5 m tall. Stems usually many-branched, appressed pubescent in upper part. Leaves 1-3-foliolate, leaflets usually elliptic, terminal one 2.5-6 cm long. Flowers numerous in racemose inflorescences 5-10 cm long. Flowers pink to purplish red, pea like. Pods narrowly oblong, 4-8-jointed, 1-2.8 cm long, densely hooked pubescent,2.5-3 mm long, 2-3 mm wide.
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    Ferdy Christant
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    Beautiful flower. Looks like an assassin bug on top? Posted 7 years ago

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The Desmodium heterocarpon

Desmodium heterocarpon is a flowering plant in the Desmodium genus.

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Similar species: Fabales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Apr 20, 2018. Captured Oct 1, 2017 10:35 in Tungareshwar Rd, Sativali, Maharashtra 401303, India.
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  • NIKON D300S
  • f/5.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO500
  • 105mm
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