Creeping beggarweed

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Desmodium incanum

Creeping beggarweed, a reference photo
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

The Desmodium incanum of many older sources is actually Desmodium laxiflorum; see below.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Creeping beggarweed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Species
Desmodium incanum

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