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

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p304
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p272?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p320

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-63-001:
Spilanthes americana var. repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Acmella repens

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