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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acmella repens   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acmella oppositifolia var. repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Acmella repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Acmella repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-63-001:

Spilanthes americana var. repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Spilanthes americana

 

COMMON NAME:
Spilanthes, Creeping Spotflower


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image of Acmella repens, Spilanthes, Creeping Spotflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_spam3_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acmella repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acmella oppositifolia var. repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Acmella repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Acmella repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-63-001:
Spilanthes americana var. repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Spilanthes americana

 

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1452

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Floating vegetation mats, roadsides, streambanks, other moist, open, habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

 

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