NameThatPlant.net: Acmella repens

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Creeping Spotflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

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
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

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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