Zornia latifolia is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae.

[4] This plant is a perennial herb with a branching stem taking a prostrate form on the ground and growing up to about 50 centimeters long.

It can be grown as a companion plant to grasses such as Andropogon gayanus and Brachiaria decumbens.

[6][7] It may be adulterated by a different Fabaceae plant, Stylosanthes guianensis, which is phytochemically different from Zornia latifolia.

[6] The flavones genistein, apigenin and syzalterin may explain the cannabis-like effects of Zornia latifolia.