Asteraceae
Creeping spotflower
Acmella decumbens
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Acmella
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Creeping spotflower
Synonyms
- Acmella decumbens var. decumbens
- Ceratocephalus decumbens (Sm.) Kuntze
- Ceratocephalus decumbens var. decumbens
- Ceratocephalus decumbens var. macropodus (DC.) Kuntze
- Porophyllum decumbens DC.
- Rudbeckia decumbens Sm.
- Spilanthes affinis Hook. & Arn.
- Spilanthes americana var. stolonifera A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes arnicoides var. macropoda (DC.) Baker
- Spilanthes decumbens (Sm.) A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes decumbens var. decumbens
- Spilanthes decumbens var. macropoda A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes eurycarena A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes helenioides Hook. & Arn.
- Spilanthes macropoda DC.
- Spilanthes micralloeophylla A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes stenophylla Hook. & Arn.
- Spilanthes stolonifera DC.
- Spilanthes stolonifera var. stolonifera
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.