*Acmella pusilla (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 (NC, SC, GA, FL), associated with old seaports, such as Wilmington, NC, Savannah, GA, Pensacola and Apalachicola, FL, and perhaps not well-established at some of the reported locations. Reported as naturalized and "locally common" at a site in Chatham County, GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009).
Origin/Endemic status: South America
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA21, K4, WH3, Jansen (1985); = n/a — RAB; Spilanthes pusilla Hooker & Arnott. Basionym: Spilanthes pusilla Hook. & Arn. 1841
Links to other floras: = Acmella pusilla - FNA21
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