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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Spermacoce prostrata'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Spermacoce prostrata'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name: prostrate false buttonweed
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
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Common name: prostrate false buttonweed
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on ''Spermacoce prostrata'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Spermacoce prostrata'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum lepidii
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Anacrabro ocellatus
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Cerceris blakei
 
 
 
Vespidae: Leptochilus alcolhuus
 
 
 
Vespidae: Pachodynerus erynnis
 
  
Vespidae: Pachodynerus nasidens
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Halictidae: ''Lasioglossum lepidii''
  
Vespidae: Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus
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Sphecidae: ''Anacrabro ocellatus, Cerceris blakei''
  
Vespidae: Stenodynerus fundatiformis
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Vespidae: ''Leptochilus alcolhuus, Pachodynerus erynnis, P. nasidens, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Stenodynerus fundatiformis''
  
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
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Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Revision as of 08:35, 13 August 2015

Spermacoce prostrata
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Rubiales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Spermacoce
Species: S. prostrata
Binomial name
Spermacoce prostrata
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Natural range of Spermacoce prostrata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: prostrate false buttonweed

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Spermacoce prostrata at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Lasioglossum lepidii

Sphecidae: Anacrabro ocellatus, Cerceris blakei

Vespidae: Leptochilus alcolhuus, Pachodynerus erynnis, P. nasidens, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Stenodynerus fundatiformis

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.