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Desmodium trichostachyum
A tiny
plant from swampy, damp areas in North Queensland.

  Desmodium trichostachyum Desmodium trichostachyum
 
  Description:Flower - 2-3mm Description:Flower
  Location:Road to Granite Gorge, Mareeba, North Queeensland Location:Road to Granite Gorge, Mareeba, North Queeensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚03.2030S, 145°21.6558E GPS coordinates:17˚03.2030S, 145°21.6558E
Date of photo:14 April 2019 Date of photo:14 April 2019
  Field No.:7659 Field No.:7659
     
  Desmodium trichostachyum Desmodium trichostachyum
 
  Description:Flower - side view Description:Pod
  Location:Road to Granite Gorge, Mareeba, North Queeensland Location:Road to Granite Gorge, Mareeba, North Queeensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚03.2030S, 145°21.6558E GPS coordinates:17˚03.2030S, 145°21.6558E
  Date of photo:14 April 2019 Date of photo:14 April 2019
  Field No.:7659 Field No.:7659
     
  Desmodium trichostachyum Desmodium trichostachyum
 
  Description:Leaves Description:Leaf - underside
  Location:Road to Granite Gorge, Mareeba, North Queeensland Location:Road to Granite Gorge, Mareeba, North Queeensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚03.2030S, 145°21.6558E GPS coordinates:17˚03.2030S, 145°21.6558E
  Date of photo:14 April 2019 Date of photo:14 April 2019
  Field No.:7659 Field No.:7659
     
  Desmodium trichostachyum Desmodium trichostachyum
 
  Description:Plant Description:Plant in habitat
  Location:Road to Granite Gorge, Mareeba, North Queeensland Location:Road to Granite Gorge, Mareeba, North Queeensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚03.2030S, 145°21.6558E GPS coordinates:17˚03.2030S, 145°21.6558E
  Date of photo:14 April 2019 Date of photo:14 April 2019
  Field No.:7659 Field No.:7659


   
References (accessed 15 April 2019):

Pedley, L. (1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2):237

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2):117

http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Desmodium_trichostachyum.htm

 

 

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Desmodium trichostachyum