tribe
Spermacoceae
Spermacoceae
Field notes
Children 24 of 29
- Bluets 13 native
- Kadua 6 native
- False Buttonweeds 5 native
- Diodia 2 native
- Oldenlandia 2 native
- Mexican Clovers 2 native
- Oldenlandiopsis 1 native
- Ernodea 1 native
- Hummingbird Flower 1 native
- Stenaria 1 native
- Mitracarpus 1 native
- Crusea 1 native
- Edrastima 1 native
- Hexasepalum 1 native
- Galianthe
- Scleromitrion
- Pentodon
- Star Violets
- Arcytophyllum
- Neanotis
- Hedyotis
- Cordylostigma
- Diacrodon
- Genus Dolichocarpa
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native Spermacoceae All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Manono
Kadua affinis
caterpillars
2
food
1
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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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Firecrackerbush
Bouvardia ternifolia
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
33
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Buttonweed
Diodia virginiana
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
3
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Rough Buttonweed
Hexasepalum teres
caterpillars
1
flowers
18
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Basil-like Button Weed
Spermacoce ocymoides
caterpillars
1
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Kadua acuminata
caterpillars
1
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Pineland False Buttonweed
Spermacoce tetraquetra
caterpillars
1
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Summer Bluet
Houstonia purpurea
hosts
1
flowers
43
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Diamond-flowers
Stenaria nigricans
food
1
flowers
37
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Beach-creeper
Ernodea littoralis
food
1
flowers
2