OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Acmella repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acmella oppositifolia var. repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Acmella repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-63-001:
 Spilanthes americana var. repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Spilanthes americana

 

COMMON NAME:
 Spilanthes, Creeping Spotflower

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Acmella repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acmella oppositifolia var. repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Acmella repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-63-001:
 Spilanthes americana var. repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Spilanthes americana

 

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1452

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in GA, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in NC

Look for it in floating vegetation mats, roadsides, streambanks, other moist, open, habitats., per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

 

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