Description

A tropical subshrub or perennial that can grow up to 60-120 cm tall.

The most characteristic organ of the species, the leaves, are compound, trifoliate. The terminal leaflet is larger than the two lateral leaflets. When provided adequate access to light, they have a burgundy color. Otherwise, they lose the color and revert to green.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782 as Hedysarum vespertilionis,

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