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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spermacoce remota
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spermacoce assurgens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spermacoce remota
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Borreria laevis
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Buttonweed
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Keith Bradley kab_s_assurgens_76798
July Miami-Dade County FL
Leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 4-16mm wide, per Flora of China.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_assurgens_76798b
July Miami-Dade County FL
Calyx puberulent or hirtellous to glabrescent. Corolla white, funnelform, per Flora of China.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spermacoce remota
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spermacoce assurgens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spermacoce remota
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Borreria laevis
4089
Subshrub; Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Wet hammocks, bottomland forests, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
with a pink throat
Radially symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed funnelform corolla
4 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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