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Mitracarpus hirtus
Also called Small Squareweed
Tropical girdlepod is a small annual weed in the coffee family, native to Mexico and tropical America and now widespread in warm regions elsewhere. It is grown mainly as a wild or weedy plant rather than a garden ornamental, and it dies after one season.
Mitracarpus hirtus, the tropical girdlepod, is a species of annual herb in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Mexico and much of tropical America but has been widely introduced to Africa, Asia, and other tropical regions. The species typically grows in seasonally dry tropical biomes and is recognized by its small, white, funnel-shaped flowers arranged in leaf axils.
Mitracarpus hirtus is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by Augochloropsis metallica.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mitracarpus hirtus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
