Desmodium tortuosum

Desmodium tortuosum, the twisted tick trefoil, dixie tick trefoil, tall tick clover, Florida beggarweed, and giant beggar weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.^[2]

Desmodium tortuosum
Leaves and seedpods
Flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Desmodium
Species:	D. tortuosum
Binomial name
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
Synonyms[1]
List Desmodium physocarpos Vogel Desmodium pulcherrimum Shuttlew. ex Griseb. Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle Desmodium stipulaceum DC. Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC. Hedysarum purpureum Mill. Hedysarum stipulaceum Sessé ex DC. Hedysarum tortuosum Sw. Meibomia physocarpa (Vogel) Kuntze Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze

It is native to Latin America, and widely introduced as a forage to much of the rest of the world's subtropics and tropics.^[1][3] It's been observed growing in habitats such as beaches, along lake shores, and in floodplains. It can be found growing in sandy soil and full sun.^[4]