Spermacoce verticillata

Family:RUBIACEAE
Species:Spermacoce verticillata L.
Common Name:Shrubby False Buttonweed
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:First discovered naturalized in Alabama in 2019 by Howard Horne in Baldwin County.
Status:Not Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyRUBIACEAE - Madder/Coffee family
Genus Spermacoce
Species Spermacoce verticillata L. - Shrubby False Buttonweed

Citation

Citation Spermacoce verticillata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 102. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 125.2). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 3: 468. 1989.

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0045668 Baldwin 20 Apr 2019 Horne, Howard E.
4784
UWAL
Spermacoce verticillata Linnaeus
ALNHS00006539 Baldwin 23 Jul 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4746
ALNHS
Spermacoce verticillata L.
ALNHS00006528 Baldwin 25 Jul 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4682
ALNHS
Spermacoce verticillata L.
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