Fabaceae
Western trailing ticktrefoil
Desmodium procumbens
Also known as Meibomia procumbens, Desmodium procumbens var. typicum, Desmodium ciliare, Meibomia spiralis
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Ground Cover · Trailing · Ticktrefoil · Legume · Part Shade · Tropical · Fast Growing · Desmodium · Pink Flowers · Pollinator
Western trailing ticktrefoil is a sprawling ground-cover perennial that performs best in part shade with average, well-drained soil. Its fast growth makes it useful for covering bare ground in warm, humid climates, and its small pink to purple flowers attract bees and butterflies. Keep soil consistently moist and provide room to spread, as it can colonize an area quickly.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water until soil is thoroughly moist; allow the surface to dry slightly between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.2
- Temperature
- 50°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 10a-12b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 20 ft – 40 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Pink
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cape Verde, Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, GaláPagos, Guatemala, Gulf Of Guinea Is., Haiti
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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