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Silverleaf desmodium flower

Desmodium uncinatum

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Description:

A large Trailing vine / perennial legume that grows several metres long over surrounding vegetation. It has a large but shallow root system. Its stems are cylindrical or angular and densely hairy. flowers are 1 cm long, pink to bluish in color.
A bug can be seen taking a rest inside the flower.

Habitat:

shrubland

Notes:

Is a larval feeding plant of the Indian cupid butterfly (Chilades parrhasius)

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Flowers of Sri Lanka
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PublishedNovember 2, 2013

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