| Name | Desmodium scopulorum S. Watson |
| Authorship | S. Watson |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:78571-2 |
| Citation | 1889 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 47 |
| Holdings | 5 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium scopulorum S. Watson |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1983 (1), 2010 (2) |