Hexasepalum teres
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Hexasepalum teres is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names poorjoe and rough buttonweed.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This annual plant is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies and the United States from California to Florida and from Kansas to Massachusetts.[1] The species is also naturalized in the Netherlands, the Canary Islands, Western Africa, Angola, China, Japan and Korea,[2] India, and Madagascar.[3]
Hexasepalum teres has a thin, erect or prostrate stem rarely up to Template:Cvt in height. It has opposite leaves which are stiff, dark green, elliptical, pointed, and roughly-textured, up to Template:Cvt long. Each pair of leaves cradles a flower at its base. The small white to pinkish-purple flower has four stiff petal-like lobes up to Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide. The fruit is ellipsoid, splitting into two nutlets This plant is most common in sandy areas such as desert dunes and river floodplains.[2][4]
References
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- ↑ USDA Plants Database
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- ↑ Invasive Species Compendium, Diodella teres
- ↑ Small, John Kunkel & Carter, Joel Jackson. 1913. Flora of Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) 271.
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External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
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