MBG Rare Books: Additional Plant Information

Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis : sive, descriptiones, et icones plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae, cum characteribus plurium generum evulgatorum reformatis / auctoribus Hippolyto Ruiz, et Josepho Pavon. Tomus I-III. Volume 2 of 3

Click for Enlargement Name as Printed: a. Spermacoce gracilis Ruiz & Pav.

Current Name: Borreria ocymoides (Burm. f.) DC.

Family: Rubiaceae

Common Name: prostrate false buttonweed

Further Information:

Detailed botanical data (including distribution maps and other images) available from Tropicos.org, our nomenclatural database.
USDA Plant Profile

Click for Enlargement Name as Printed: b. Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav.