PLANTS Profile for Acmella oppositifolia (oppositeleaf spotflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen
oppositeleaf spotflower

Symbol:

ACOP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Native Status:
Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX)

Related Taxa:
Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 6 species in Acmella or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen var. repens (Walter) R.K. Jansen. . Image Available.

Acmella oppositifolia var. repens
oppositeleaf spotflower

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Acmella Rich. ex Pers. – spotflower
Species	Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen – oppositeleaf spotflower

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Tennessee:
creeping spot-flower		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen

Spilanthes americana [=ACOPR]:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,FACW+

FACW

FACW+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182433.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 07:08 AM CDT