. Circular. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. ClRCrLAR No. 13â(Agros. 45.) United States Department of Agriculture^ DIVISION OF AGROSTOLOGY. ^ ^ ' ^'** â â FLORIDA BE(i(iAR WEED. (Also Kiiovvu as Beggar Weed, Florida Clover, (Jiant Beggar Weed.) {Desmodimn tortuosum.) DESCRIPTION. Florida beggar weed is an erect annual, a native of the West Indies, and perhaps also of southern Florida. It is a leguminous plant with rather woody stalks from 3 to 8 or 10 feet high, bearing an abundant leafage above and when in flower tipped with much- branched erect panicles, the as- ce
. Circular. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. ClRCrLAR No. 13â(Agros. 45.) United States Department of Agriculture^ DIVISION OF AGROSTOLOGY. ^ ^ ' ^'** â â FLORIDA BE(i(iAR WEED. (Also Kiiovvu as Beggar Weed, Florida Clover, (Jiant Beggar Weed.) {Desmodimn tortuosum.) DESCRIPTION. Florida beggar weed is an erect annual, a native of the West Indies, and perhaps also of southern Florida. It is a leguminous plant with rather woody stalks from 3 to 8 or 10 feet high, bearing an abundant leafage above and when in flower tipped with much- branched erect panicles, the as- cending lateral branches often 8 to 12 inches long. The seeds are borne in many - jointed prickly pods, which break apart at matur- ity and are carried about by stick- ing to the bodies of animals or the clothing of persons. The plant is hairy throughout, and has trifoli- ate leaves, the obliquely rhomboid leaflets being from 2 to 4 inches long. Florida beggar weed is closely related to the beggar weeds or beggar lice of northern wood- lands and prairies. Being a sub- tropical species, it is adapted to cultivation either as forage or for soil renovation in subtropical re- gions. It now ranks in the esti- mation of the planter with velvet 1 ,, , 1 -j^ 1 r âBeggarweediDeswixJiuin tortwmini'^ bean, thougli perhaps its sphere or usefulness is not so extended as the latter. BEGGAR WEED AS A FERTILIZER. In common with all other leguminous plants, the beggar weed has the power of taking nitrogen from the air by means of tubercle- forming bacteria in its roots. Beggar weed may be used as a niti*o- gen gatherer by the farmer, who is thus enabled to procure at small expense large quantities of this most valuable fertilizer or plant Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division o
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