Wild Flowering Plants
Fabaceae-Mimosoideae
Desmanthus pernambucanus (L.) Thell.
Caribbean and South America.
Rare subshrub behind beaches, often leaning on branches of trees and shrubs.
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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