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Desmodium filiforme Zoll. & Moritzi
Narrow Necklace Pea
A
plant from North Queensland.

  Desmodium filiforme Desmodium filiforme
 
  Description:Flowers Description:Flowers
  Location:Emerald Creek, Mareeba, North Queeensland Location:Emerald Creek, Mareeba, North Queeensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚03.1780S, 145°32.4830E GPS coordinates:17˚03.1780S, 145°32.4830E
Date of photo:8 April 2018 Date of photo:8 April 2018
  Field No.:6444 Field No.:6444
     
  Desmodium filiforme Desmodium filiforme
 
  Description:Flowers - side view Description:Flowers
  Location:Emerald Creek, Mareeba, North Queeensland Location:Emerald Creek, Mareeba, North Queeensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚03.1780S, 145°32.4830E GPS coordinates:17˚03.1780S, 145°32.4830E
  Date of photo:8 April 2018 Date of photo:8 April 2018
  Field No.:6444 Field No.:6444
     
  Desmodium filiforme Desmodium filiforme
 
  Description:Leaflets Description:Leaflets - underside
  Location:Emerald Creek, Mareeba, North Queeensland Location:Emerald Creek, Mareeba, North Queeensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚03.1780S, 145°32.4830E GPS coordinates:17˚03.1780S, 145°32.4830E
  Date of photo:8 April 2018 Date of photo:8 April 2018
  Field No.:6444 Field No.:6444
     
  Desmodium filiforme Desmodium filiforme
 
  Description:Pod Description:Plant in habitat
  Location:Emerald Creek, Mareeba, North Queeensland Location:Emerald Creek, Mareeba, North Queeensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚03.1780S, 145°32.4830E GPS coordinates:17˚03.1780S, 145°32.4830E
  Date of photo:8 April 2018 Date of photo:8 April 2018
  Field No.:6444 Field No.:6444
     
References (accessed 11 April 2019):

Plant identified by Tony Bean of the Queensland Herbarium

https://www.tropicalgrasslands.asn.au/Legumes%20of%20Qld/Contents%20Legumes%20book/Genera/Desmodium.pdf

http://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?genus=Desmodium&species=filiforme

Pedley, L. (1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2):238

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2):111

 

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Desmodium filiforme