The Desmodium incanum of many older sources is actually Desmodium laxiflorum; see below.
Desmodium incanum is a perennial plant native to Central and South America known as creeping beggarweed, Spanish clover, or Spanish tick-trefoil. In Hawaiʻi it is known as kaʻimi or kaimi clover from the Hawaiian for ('the seeker'). It is sometimes considered a weed, and has spread through Florida and across the southern USA into southern Texas and across many Pacific islands, including Hawaii.
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