NameThatPlant.net: Hexasepalum teres

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexasepalum teres FAMILY Rubiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This species has long been included in the "buttonweed" genus of Diodia. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diodia teres FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-03-002:

Diodia teres FAMILY Rubiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Poor-joe, Rough Buttonweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexasepalum teres FAMILY Rubiaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diodia teres FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-03-002:
Diodia teres FAMILY Rubiaceae

469

Forb
Annual

Habitat: dunes, sandy roadsides, glades, hardpans, other dry habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender-pink to white
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

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