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Spermacoce verticillata L. [syn: Borreria verticillata (L.) G. Meyer]

Weedy herb; leaves opposite, simple, linear, with bristle-like interpetiolar stipules; flowers mostly in a terminal or subterminal clusters; corollas tubular, white; ovary inferior.

Additional images:

• flowers and leaves
• terminal flower cluster, with butterfly
• flower cluster, close-up
• flower cluster, close-up
• leaves and fruit clusters