Rubiaceae

Dentella repens (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Dentella

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Dentella repens (Dentella repens) — FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Synonyms

Hedyotis repens (L.) Lam.
Oldenlandia repens L.

Flowers

In flower: March to October, December to January (from 83 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: chen ying-hsiao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sumit Bhowmick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Shouvik Kundu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: kumar Bhimsen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Lalu Achmad Tatas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Debraj Chakraborty, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.