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Rubiaceae

Sena star

Spermacoce senensis (Klotzsch) Hiern

Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Spermacoce

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Sena star: Spermacoce senensis , flowers; rocky ridge in Pretoria National Botanical Garden (natural), Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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Sena star

Synonyms

  • Borreria rhodesica Suess.
  • Borreria senensis (Klotzsch) K.Schum.
  • Borreria squarrosa Schinz
  • Borreria stolzii K.Krause
  • Diodia benguellensis Hiern
  • Diodia senensis Klotzsch
  • Mitracarpus dregeanus E.Mey.
  • Mitracarpus dregeanus Sond.
  • Spermacoce dregeana (Sond.) Kuntze

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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.