Prostrate false buttonweed

Common names

Synonyms

• Borreria domingensis Griseb.
• Borreria gracilis (Ruiz & Pav.) F.Dietr.
• Borreria heterophylla Brandegee
• Borreria micrantha Torr. & A.Gray
• Borreria microphylla DC.
• Borreria ocymoides f. bisepala (Bremek.) Steyerm.
• Borreria ocymoides f. tenuis Chodat & Hassl.
• Borreria ocymoides var. bisepala Bremek.
• Borreria ocymoides var. minima Chodat & Hassl.
• Borreria parviflora G.Mey.
• Borreria patula M.Martens & Galeotti
• Borreria prostrata (Aubl.) Miq.
• Borreria ramisparsa DC.
• Borreria tampicana DC.
• Mitracarpus puberulus Benth.
• Spermacoce cephalophora Rusby
• Spermacoce domingensis (Griseb.) C.Wright
• Spermacoce gracilis Ruiz & Pav.
• Spermacoce heterophylla (Brandegee) Govaerts
• Spermacoce parviflora Hemsl.
• Spermacoce parviflora (G.Mey.) A.Gray
• Spermacoce patula (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.
• Spermacoce ramisparsa Pohl ex DC.
• Spermacoce ramisparsa (DC.) Hiern
• Spermacoce rotata Poit. ex Roem. & Schult.

Characteristics

Growth habit

Forb/herb

Lifespan

Annual

In the US and Canada

Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

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