Native plant · RUBIACEAE
Spermacoce prostrata
PROSTRATE FALSE BUTTONWEED
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Spermacoce prostrata. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Spermacoce prostrata
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Genus
- Spermacoce
- Order
- GENTIANALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; FACW (NWPL)
- Florida range
- South Florida · Central Florida · Florida Keys · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Miami-Dade; Hillsborough; Pinellas; Collier; Lee; Hernando; Monroe; Brevard; Pasco; Charlotte; Franklin
Where documented in Florida
Miami-Dade; Hillsborough; Pinellas; Collier; Lee; Hernando; Monroe; Brevard; Pasco; Charlotte; Franklin
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Spermacoce
- Spermacoce glabra — SMOOTH FALSE BUTTONWEED
- Spermacoce keyensis — FLORIDA FALSE BUTTONWEED
- Spermacoce tetraquetra — PINELAND FALSE BUTTONWEED
Data provenance
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