Spermacoce verticillata L.

Shrubby false buttonweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Spermacoce

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen plant. It grows 0.75m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Thickets, fields and waste places, often as a weed. Found on roadsides, construction sites, old fields, and pastures. It is one of the major invaders of abandoned pastures and slash-and-burn fields.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food essential oil material medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anti-bacterial agents (aerial part), Anti-infective agents, local (leaf), Emetics (leaf), Anti-infective agents, local (stem), Emetics (stem), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Diabetes (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Spermacoce verticillata habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Spermacoce verticillata habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Spermacoce verticillata habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Spermacoce verticillata leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Spermacoce verticillata leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Spermacoce verticillata leaf picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Spermacoce verticillata flower picture by Joao Krahe (cc-by-sa)
Spermacoce verticillata flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Spermacoce verticillata flower picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Spermacoce verticillata world distribution map, present in Angola, Andorra, Benin, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Réunion, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Togo, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Vanuatu

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:767031-1
WFO ID wfo-0000312826
COL ID 4YK63
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 448289
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Spermacoce globosa Spermacoce graminifolia Spermacoce hyssopifolia Spermacoce mucronata Spermacoce oaxacana Spermacoce oligodonta Spermacoce podocephala Spermacoce polycephala Spermacoce pygmaea Spermacoce reclinata Bigelovia verticillata Borreria kohautiana Borreria minima Spermacoce laeta Spermacoce laevigata Spermacoce minima Spermacoce molleri Spermacoce stellata Borreria globularioides Borreria molleri Borreria oaxacana Borreria podocephala Borreria verticillata Spermacoce fruticosa Borreria commutata Borreria graminifolia Borreria laevigata Borreria stricta Borreria suaveolens f. rigidior Spermacoce polycephala Borreria verticillata var. brevifolia Borreria verticillata var. caesia Borreria verticillata var. thymiformis Borreria podocephala var. pumila Borreria oligodonta Tardavel verticillata Spermacoce verticillata