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Spermacoce alata
Also called Broadleaf Buttonweed, Borreria
Spermacoce alata, the winged false buttonweed, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is widespread across the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere and naturalized in many other parts of the world.
Spermacoce alata is considered native to southern Mexico, Central America, a few islands in the Caribbean (Trinidad and the Leeward Islands), and parts of South America (French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina). It is reportedly naturalized in tropical Africa (from Liberia to Uganda), China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Zhejiang), India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Thailand, Borneo, Java, Myanmar (Burma), Sumatra, Queensland, the (Australian) Northern Territory, Fiji and Samoa.
Spermacoce brachysepala · Smooth false buttonweed · Spermacoce keyensis · Spermacoce neoterminalis · Prostrate false buttonweed · Broadleaf false buttonweed · Prostrate false buttonweed · Woodland False Buttonweed · Shrubby false buttonweed · False buttonweed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spermacoce alata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
