Scientific Name: Desmodium uncinatum

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  • Pronunciation:
    des-MODE-ee-um un-sin-AH-tum
  • Common Name:
    Silver-leaved Desmodium
  • Type:
    Perennial scrambling vine ,
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Status:
    WEED This introduced plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native species.
  • Flowers:
    pink, mauve, blue
  • Fruit:
    pods divided into 3-10 segments
  • Species List:
    Weyba Esp, Noosa's Worst Weeds, Boreen Point Caravan Park, Cooroy Mill Site, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Girraween, Johns, Cranks Creek, weeds, Leslie Drive Roundabout, TAFE, NNS, Heritage Park, Wallace Park,
Cultural Notes

Native of South America. Introduced as a pasture legume.

Identification Notes

Covered in velcro-like hooked hairs that readily attach to clothing. Leaflets egg-shaped with distinct silver stripe

Landscaping Notes

CONTROL METHODS: REMOVAL: Remove every part of the plant - hand-pull seedlings. Replace with: Myoporum acuminatum, Canavalia rosea, Hibbertia scandens, Pandorea pandorana