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Desmodium axillare Images

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Desmodium axillare
Close-up of the flowers
Photograph by: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil
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Desmodium axillare
Close-up of the seed
Photograph by: Tracy Slotta; USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.
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Desmodium axillare
Drawing of a flowering stem
Photograph by: Agustín Stahl; Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
© Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Desmodium axillare
Leaves
Photograph by: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil
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Desmodium axillare
Close-up of a younf seedpod
Photograph by: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil
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Desmodium axillare
Developing seedpods. The butterfly (Eurema albula) has been taken prisoner by the hooked velcro-like hairs on the seedpods.
Photograph by: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil
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