genus
False Buttonweeds
Spermacoce
Field notes
Children
- Shrubby False Buttonweed present
- Woodland False Buttonweed native
- Oval-leaf False-buttonweed present
- Smooth False Buttonweed native
- Pacific False Buttonweed present
- Slender Buttonweed present
- False Buttonweed present
- Prostrate False Buttonweed native
- Everglades Key False Buttonweed native
- Spermacoce capitata
- Winged False Buttonweed
- River False Buttonweed
- Basil-like Button Weed native
- Spermacoce densiflora
- River False Buttonweed
- Spermacoce eryngioides
- Spermacoce tenella
- Spermacoce keyensis native
- Pineland False Buttonweed native
- Spermacoce ovalifolia
- Spermacoce floridana
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native false buttonweeds All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Woodland False Buttonweed
Spermacoce remota
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
10
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Smooth False Buttonweed
Spermacoce glabra
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
7
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Prostrate False Buttonweed
Spermacoce prostrata
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
7
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Spermacoce keyensis
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
7
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Everglades Key False Buttonweed
Spermacoce neoterminalis
caterpillars
1
food
4
flowers
12
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Basil-like Button Weed
Spermacoce ocymoides
caterpillars
1
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Pineland False Buttonweed
Spermacoce tetraquetra
caterpillars
1