Desmodium procumbens

#781 They called me Desmodium procumbens, also known as Desmodium sprengelii. I pay homage to the male botanist Kurt Sprengel, Christian Konrad (Conrad) Sprengel, or Anton Sprengel. They first catalogued me in 1893.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..