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Spermacoce ovalifolia

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Broadleaf false buttonweed
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Spermacoceae
Genus: Spermacoce
Species:
S. ovalifolia
Binomial name
Spermacoce ovalifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Borreria ovalifolia M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Spermacoce pringlei S.Watson
  • Spermacoce ernestii Fosberg & D.Powell

Spermacoce ovalifolia, the broadleaf false buttonweed, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, parts of the Caribbean (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Trinidad, and the Windward Islands), and South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay).[1][2][3][4]

Spermacoce ovalifolia is an annual herb about 30 cm tall. Leaves are ovate, up to 4 cm long. flowers are very small, in dense axillary clusters.[4]

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