Silverleaf desmodium. Spanish tick-clover (Desmodium uncinatum)

Family: Fabaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Sown in permanent grazing pastures but also used for cut-and-carry, for green or conserved feed, for ground cover and in cropping for intercropping and mulch. As a carbon farming solutions plant it can be used in agroforestry for nitrogen, as an understory legume.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

None Known. — Harvested fresh in season according to PFAF botanical monograph.

Habitat & North American Range

It is a subtropical plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level. (Zone 10)