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Spermacoce prostrata
Spermacoce prostrata (prostrate false buttonweed) is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. In the United States, it is widespread in Florida, with a few isolated populations in Alabama and Mississippi. The species is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Turks & Caicos, the Lesser Antilles, and the Dutch and Venezuelan Antilles. It is also widespread in South America, found in every country except Chile. The species is reportedly naturalized in Hawaii, China (Hainan, Hong Kong), Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Java.
Winged false buttonweed · Spermacoce brachysepala · Smooth false buttonweed · Spermacoce keyensis · Spermacoce neoterminalis · Prostrate false buttonweed · Broadleaf false buttonweed · Woodland False Buttonweed · Shrubby false buttonweed · False buttonweed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spermacoce prostrata 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.
