Oxytes brachypoda (A.Gray) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

Nomenclature and Classification

Oxytes brachypoda (common name: large tick-trefoil) is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae family.

Native Range

Its native range extends from Papua New Guinea to northern and eastern Australia and New Caledonia.

Distribution within Australia

In Australia, it occurs in the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.

Initial Taxonomic Publication

It was first described in 1854 by Asa Gray under the name Desmodium brachypodum, from specimens collected in Sydney and the Hunter River.

Genus Reassignment

In 2018, it was transferred to the genus Oxytes.

Flowering and Habitat in New South Wales

In New South Wales, it flowers from spring to autumn, and it is common in sclerophyll forests.

Flowering and Habitat in the Northern Territory

In the Northern Territory, it flowers from March to June, and it grows in Acacia shirleyi thickets and Eucalypt savanna.