Desmodium triflorum  (L.) DC.

Creeping Tick Trefoil, Three-flower Beggarweed
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Class: Dicots
Order: Fabales
Family: ​​Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: triflorum

  • Common names: Creeping Tick Trefoil, Three-flower Beggarweed
  • Thai names: ​​เกล็ดปลา klet pla (Bangkok), ผักแว่นโคก phak waen khok (Nakhon Si Thammarat), ผักแว่นดอย phak waen doi (Mae Hong Son), หญ้าเกล็ดหอย ya klet hoi (Bangkok), หญ้าตานทราย ya tan sai (Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son), หญ้าตานหอย ya tan hoi (Central), หนู่เต๊าะโพ nu-to-pho (Karen-Mae Hong Son)
  • Chinese names: 三点金 san dian jin
  • Distribution: Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; tropics of Africa, Americas, SW Asia, Australia, Pacific islands
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum
  • Map info: Provinces are highlighted according to phytogeographical areas as used in the Flora of Thailand project.
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Desmodium triflorum from Thailand.
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Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC Cheelong Chaiyaphum October
References: 
The Plant List
Forest Herbarium - BKF
Flora of China