| Name | Desmodium obtusum (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) de Candolle |
| Authorship | (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) de Candolle |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| Holdings | 153 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium obtusum (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) de Candolle |
| Identification made in | [no date] (126), 1937 (1), 1940 (1), 1949 (5), 1985 (2), 1987 (1), 1988 (4), 2012 (13) |