Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Desmodium procumbens
pega pega, western trailing ticktrefoil
Herb, apparently annual, commonly about 20-50 cm tall; stems usually procumbent or decumbent, sometimes erect, uncinulate-puberulent, glabrescent, subangulate; Stipules ovate, acuminate, striate, ciliate, about 1-4.6 mm long (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Desmodium
Species
procumbens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Desmodium spirale DC., D. tenuiculum DC. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America (POWO, 2023).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Desmodium procumbens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=519. Accessed 5 January 2025.