Rubiaceae
Winged false buttonweed
Spermacoce alata
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Spermacoce
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Common names
By language (4)
- Bangla
- গুইঝিল শাক, গুয়েঝিল শাক, স্পার্মাকোসি অ্যালাটা
- Chinese
- 闊葉豊花草, 阔叶丰花草
- English
- Winged false buttonweed
- Malayalam
- തറുതാവൽ
Synonyms
- Bigelovia elata Bartl. ex DC.
- Borreria alata (Aubl.) DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
Photos
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Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Muhamad Izzul Fiqih, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.