Spermacoce glabra Michx.

Smooth false buttonweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Spermacoce

Characteristics

Perennial 2–6 dm, often decumbent; stipules dissected into several filiform segments 2–3 mm; lvs narrowly elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 3–8 cm, acute, tapering to a very short petiole; fls glomerate in the upper axils; sep lance-oblong, eventually 2–3 mm; cor white, 2–3 mm, densely bearded within; fr obovoid, 3 mm; 2n=28. Swamps and wet ground; se. O. to e. Kans., s. to Fla. and Tex. July–Sept.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Distribution

Spermacoce glabra world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:241423-2
WFO ID wfo-0000312438
COL ID 4YJS5
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Synonyms

Spermacoce glabra f. latifolia Spermacoce glabra Spermacoceodes glabrum Spermacoceodes glabrum var. rectum