Details of genus: Desmodium [1048]
genus_ja:
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Family: Fabaceae
family_ja: マメ
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distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of more than 450 species of deciduous shrubs, subshrubs, and herbaceous perennials from tropical and subtropical regions. They are grown for their loose, terminal or axillary panicles or racemes of small, pea-like, white to purple flowers. The alternate leaves are pinnate to 3-palmate. Grow against a wall. In frost-prone areas, grow half-hardy and frost-tender species in a temperate greenhouse.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost tender.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn. Insert softwood cuttings in late spring.
pests_en: Trouble free.
description_ja:
comment:
comment_ja: ヌスビトハギ，ヤブハギ，ミソナオシ
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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Fabaceae | マメ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Fabaceae | マメ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Fabaceae | マメ科 | Show |