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Asteraceae

Coastal plain creepingoxeye

Wedelia fruticosa Jacq.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Wedelia

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Coastal plain creepingoxeye: Wedelia fruticosa - Anse Couleuvre - Martinique
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Coastal plain creepingoxeye

Synonyms

  • Anomostephium buphthalmoides DC.
  • Buphthalmum asperrimum Spreng.
  • Stemmodontia calycina O.E.Schulz
  • Stemmodontia caracasana (DC.) J.R.Johnst.
  • Wedelia calycina Rich.
  • Wedelia calycina var. calycina
  • Wedelia caracasana DC.
  • Wedelia frutescens Jacq.
  • Wedelia jacquinii Rich.
  • Wedelia jacquinii subsp. calycina (Rich.) Stehlé
  • Wedelia jacquinii subsp. caracasana (DC.) Stehlé
  • Wedelia pulchella Kunth
  • Wedelia scaberrima Benth.
  • Zexmenia caracasana (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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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.