New Mexico Ticktrefoil (Desmodium neomexicanum)

   

New Mexico Tick-trefoil (Desmodium neomexicanum), Organ Mountains, New Mexico. Photographs by Gertrud Konings.

• Common English Names: New Mexico Tick-trefoil
• Common Spanish Names:
• Scientific Name: Desmodium neomexicanum (dez-MO-dee-um nee-oh-mex-ih-CAN-uh)
• Family: Fabaceae-Papilionoideae (Pea Family)
• Geographic Range: Big Bend west to Arizona. Mexico and South America.
• Plant Form: Annual forb.
• Remarks:

Last Update: 26 Feb 2005