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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
  6. Coffees, Bedstraws, and Allies
  7. False Buttonweeds
  8. Smooth False Buttonweed

species 614 observations

Smooth False Buttonweed

Spermacoce glabra

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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13 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Tersa Sphinx 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Myzinum carolinianum, Fraternal Potter Wasp, Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp, Red-marked Pachodynerus Wasp 5
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Pearl Crescent, Ground-cherry Fairy Bee, Dainty Sulphur, Queen 7

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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