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Oppositeleaf Spotflower

Acmella repens

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Louisiana.January 72, February 66, March 68, April 142, May 66, June 50, July 35, August 35, September 123, October 199, November 74, December 62.
United States3,020
Louisiana992
Texas782
Mexico755
Mississippi195
Arkansas185
Alabama171
Nuevo Leon145
Chiapas92
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave58

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusspotflowers · Acmella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Oppositeleaf Spotflower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.