Spermacoce glabra
smooth false buttonweed, buttonplant, smooth buttonweed, buttonweed
Family
Rubiaceae
Leaf Arrangement
opposite
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
entire
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
oblong, elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
white
Flower Month
May - November
Height (meters)
0.1 - 0.6
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
FACW
Habitat
Alluvial woods, edges of pines, streams, and moist waste areas, swamps and wet ground, damp shores, low woodlands.