Rubiaceae
Slender buttonweed
Spermacoce ocymifolia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Spermacoce
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 拟鸭舌癀舅, 美洲丰花草, 擬鴨舌癀舅, 聚角草
- English
- Slender buttonweed
Synonyms
- Borreria alternans Bello
- Borreria asperula DC.
- Borreria ocymifolia (Willd.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral
- Borreria virgata Cham. & Schltdl.
- Diodia ocymifolia (Willd.) Bremek.
- Hemidiodia ocymifolia (Willd.) K.Schum.
- Spermacoce alternans (Bello) Kuntze
- Spermacoce asperula (DC.) Govaerts
- Spermacoce caerulea Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce elliptica Thunb.
- Spermacoce longiflora D.Dietr.
- Spermacoce longifolia L'Hér. ex DC.
- Spermacoce longifolia Aubl. ex Miq.
- Spermacoce longifolia f. glabrata Miq.
- Spermacoce neovirgata Govaerts
- Spermacoce nervata Mart. ex Colla
- Spermacoce portoricensis Balb. ex DC.
- Spermacoce virgata (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hemsl.
Photos
Photo: bruneau.pi, 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); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.