Plant Details

Scientific Name: Desmodium rhytidophyllumn
  • Common Name: Hairy Trefoil
  • Type: Vine, Trailing ground cover, Herb
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Status: Not to be confused with introduced pasture Desmodium Species.
  • Size: May rise to 30 cm among surrounding Vegetation
  • Flowers: Purple, summer and Most of the year. 8 mm
  • Fruit: Pods, jointed and break easily at joints. Sticky.
  • Vegetation Type: Woodlands
  • Species List: Emu Mt., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Banana, Old Tewantin, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, BHNR

Identification Notes

Hairy branches and LeavesLeaves Alternate

Landscaping Notes

Rockery Plant

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host Plant: Common Grass blue.

  • Desmodium rhytidophyllumn
  • Desmodium rhytidophyllumn
  • Desmodium rhytidophyllumn
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