-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies (Order Fabales)

-Legumes (Family Fabaceae)

-Subfamily Faboideae

-Tribe Desmodieae

-Subtribe Desmodiinae

-Ticktrefoils (Genus Desmodium)

-Florida Beggarweed (Desmodium tortuosum)

The Florida Beggarweed (Desmodium tortuosum), also known as Florida Tick-Trefoil or Beggar’s Lice, is a fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing leguminous plant in the Fabaceae (pea) family. It is commonly found in pastures, roadsides, and disturbed areas across the southeastern United States, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The flowers are purple to pink, small, pea-like, clustered on terminal spikes. Its seed pods are famously "sticky" due to the hooked hairs, enabling individual segments to latch onto animals or clothing for seed dispersal.