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Fabaceae
Zarzabacoa comun
Desmodium incanum
Also known as Meibomia cana, Meibomia variifolia, Meibomia supina, Heteroloma supinum
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Legume · Tropical · Groundcover · Nitrogen-Fixing · Perennial · Wildflower · Low-Maintenance · Medicinal
Zarzabacoa comun is a hardy perennial legume that thrives in partial shade with moderate, consistent watering. It tolerates a range of soil types and fixes nitrogen, making it a low-maintenance addition to garden beds or naturalized areas. Avoid waterlogged conditions and allow the soil surface to dry slightly between waterings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Colombia, Comoros, Congo
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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