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Asteraceae
Acmella

not marked as a favorite taxon *Acmella pusilla (W.J. Hooker & Arnott) R.K. Jansen. Common name: Argentine Spotflower. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Lawns, disturbed areas (especially around old seaports). Distribution: Native of South America. Known from scattered locations in the se. United States (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida), associated with old seaports, such as Wilmington, North Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and perhaps not well-established at some of the reported locations. Reported as naturalized and "locally common" at a site in Chatham County, Georgia (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009).

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Origin/Endemic status: South America

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA21, K1, K4, NS, POWO, WH3, Jansen (1985); = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Spilanthes pusilla W.J. Hooker & Arnott 1841

Links to other floras: = Acmella pusilla - FNA21

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