Spermacoce prostrata
naturalizedRubiaceae

Spermacoce prostrata

Prostrate False Buttonweed

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Spermacoce prostrata (prostrate false buttonweed) is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is widespread in Florida, with a few isolated populations in Alabama and Mississippi. It is also found in 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...

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Seasonality

Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 19 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 58 · GBIF 40 records