Rubiaceae
Shrubby false buttonweed
Spermacoce verticillata
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Spermacoce
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Common names
By language (4)
- Bambara
- Basaku
- Chinese
- 轮叶丰花草
- English
- Shrubby false buttonweed
- French
- Borréria verticillé, Faux ipéca
Synonyms
- Bigelovia verticillata (L.) Spreng.
- Borreria globularioides Cham. & Schltdl.
- Borreria graminifolia M.Martens & Galeotti
- Borreria kohautiana Cham. & Schltdl.
- Borreria laevigata M.Martens & Galeotti
- Borreria minima DC.
- Borreria molleri Gand.
- Borreria oaxacana M.Martens & Galeotti
- Borreria oligodonta Steyerm.
- Borreria podocephala DC.
- Borreria podocephala var. pumila Chapm.
- Borreria stricta G.Mey.
- Borreria suaveolens f. rigidior Miq.
- Borreria verticillata (L.) G.Mey.
- Borreria verticillata var. brevifolia DC.
- Borreria verticillata var. caesia Chodat
- Borreria verticillata var. thymiformis B.L.Rob.
- Spermacoce fruticosa Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce globosa Schumach. & Thonn.
- Spermacoce graminifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.
- Spermacoce hyssopifolia Pers.
- Spermacoce laeta Salisb.
- Spermacoce laevigata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.
- Spermacoce minima Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce molleri (Gand.) Govaerts
- Spermacoce mucronata Nees
- Spermacoce oaxacana (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.
- Spermacoce oligodonta (Steyerm.) Govaerts
- Spermacoce podocephala (DC.) C.Wright
- Spermacoce polycephala Bartl. ex DC.
- Spermacoce polycephala (DC.) Hemsl.
- Spermacoce pygmaea C.Wright
- Spermacoce reclinata Nees
- Spermacoce stellata Willd.
- Spermacoce thymocephala (Griseb.) Wright
- Tardavel podocephala (DC.) Conz.
- Tardavel verticillata (L.) Hiern
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tyrrhium, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.