Spermacoce remota Lamarck. Common name: Woodland Buttonweed. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Wet hammocks, bottomland forests, marshes. Distribution: Sw. GA, s. AL, and FL; Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
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Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl5, K4, Meso4.2, WH3, (basionym); = Borreria laevis (Lam.) Griseb. — Bah, GW2, S, misapplied; ? Borreria brachysepala Urb., misapplied; > Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav. — Ward (2011b)
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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