Desmodium intortum
naturalizedFabaceae

Desmodium intortum

Greenleaf Ticktrefoil

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Desmodium intortum, called beggarlice along with other members of its genus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Desmodium, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, the Galápagos, Haiti and Jamaica. A nitrogen-fixing fodder crop, it has been introduced to the rest of the world's tropics, including Africa, India, Australia, New Guinea and Taiwan

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Seasonality
150 flowering · 11 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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■ flowering (peak November)■ fruiting (peak January)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

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Where documented · 65 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 246 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 103 · GBIF 106 ✓
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 20 · GBIF 22 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 8 ✓
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kauaea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīpahoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikoekoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kūkaʻiau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓