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Slender False Buttonweed (Spermacoce tenuior)

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Spermacoce Tenuior, or more commonly know as Slender False Buttonweed, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Spermacoce. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Spermacoce Tenuior or Slender False Buttonweed's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands, specifically in the states of Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Spermacoce
  • Family: Rubiaceae
  • Order: Rubiales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Annual Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) PR (N) VI (N)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU FACW
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 2(FACU) 6(FACW) C(FACU)





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