PLANTS Profile for Spermacoce verticillata (shrubby false buttonweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Spermacoce verticillata L.
shrubby false buttonweed

Symbol:

SPVE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
VI		I

More Information:

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Spermacoce verticillata L.

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Synonyms:
Spermacoce verticillata L.

BOVE

Borreria verticillata (L.) G. Mey.

Distribution:
Spermacoce verticillata L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Spermacoce verticillata L.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 19 species in Spermacoce

Classification:
Spermacoce verticillata L.

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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	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Spermacoce L. – false buttonweed
Species	Spermacoce verticillata L. – shrubby false buttonweed

Introduced Information:
Spermacoce verticillata L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Spermacoce verticillata L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505317.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 03:28 AM CDT