Everglades Key false buttonweed | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
Tribe: | Spermacoceae |
Genus: | Spermacoce |
Species: | S. neoterminalis |
Binomial name | |
Spermacoce neoterminalis Govaerts |
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Spermacoce neoterminalis, the Everglades Key false buttonweed, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is endemic to southern Florida, from the Everglades as far north as Lake Okeechobee.
Spermacoce neoterminalis is a perennial herb with a woody root. Stems are up to 40 cm tall, generally not branching above the ground. Leaves are elliptical. Flowers are small, white, clustered in terminal and axillary glomerules.