Rusty tick-trefoil

Maekawaea rhytidophylla is a small twining herb or trailing shrub in the family Fabaceae. The plant has rusty or felty hairs on all parts. Attractive pink flowers may form at any time of the year. It is native to eastern and northern Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales) and to New Guinea and New Caledonia.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Rusty tick-trefoil 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

• Glycine tomentella
• Oxytes brachypoda

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Desmodium

Species

Desmodium rhytidophyllum

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