Wild Flowering Plants
Fabaceae-Mimosoideae
Desmanthus leptophyllus Kunth
Florida, Nexico, Central America, South America, Caribbean.
Quite common subshrub of open and semi-open wasteland at low elevations.
This species can be confused with other Desmanthus species.
D. virgatus is prostrate or has ascending branches reaching height of 0.7m.
D. pernambucanus and D. leptophyllus are much taller subshrubs.
D. pernambucanus has 4 pairs of leaflets/leaf or less and pubescent stipules with a basal appendage.
D. leptophyllus has 8 pairs of leaflets or less/leaf and glabrous stipules with no basal appendage.
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