Rubiaceae
Poorjoe
Hexasepalum teres
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Hexasepalum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 山东丰花草, 柱形双角草, 睫毛坚扣草, 圆茎双角草, 粗毛鈕扣草
- English
- Poorjoe
- Japanese
- オオフタバムグラ
Synonyms
- Borreria shandongensis F.Z.Li & X.D.Chen
- Diodella teres (Walter) Small
- Diodia incana Aresch.
- Diodia procumbens Sw. ex DC.
- Diodia prostrata Sw.
- Diodia prostrata var. longiseta DC.
- Diodia teres Walter
- Diodia teres f. latifolia Steyerm.
- Diodia teres f. latior Steyerm.
- Diodia teres f. leiocarpa Steyerm.
- Diodia teres subsp. angustata (A.Gray) Steyerm.
- Diodia teres subsp. prostrata (Sw.) Steyerm.
- Diodia teres var. angustata A.Gray
- Diodia teres var. hirsutior Fernald
- Diodia teres var. hystricina Fernald
- Diodia teres var. oblongifolia Fernald
- Diodia teres var. setifera Fernald
- Diodia teres var. typica Fernald
- Endopogon pumilum Raf.
- Spermacoce diodina Michx.
- Spermacoce holmiana Schult. ex Steud.
- Spermacoce linearis Sessé & Moc.
- Spermacoce shandongensis (F.Z.Li & X.D.Chen) Govaerts
Photos

Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, 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). About our plant data.