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Revision as of 16:22, 10 July 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.

Description

Common name: prostrate false buttonweed

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Spermacoce prostrata:

Halictidae: Lasioglossum lepidii

Sphecidae: Anacrabro ocellatus

Sphecidae: Cerceris blakei

Vespidae: Leptochilus alcolhuus

Vespidae: Pachodynerus erynnis

Vespidae: Pachodynerus nasidens

Vespidae: Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus

Vespidae: Stenodynerus fundatiformis

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes