Buttonweed

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Diodia
species
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Buttonweed (Diodia) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to temperate and tropical regions of North America.

Selected species

• Diodia apiculata (Stiff Buttonweed)
• Diodia dasycephala (Carretilla Buttonweed)
• Diodia ocymifolia (Slender Buttonweed)
• Diodia radula
• Diodia sarmentosa (Tropical Buttonweed)
• Diodia serrulata (Seaside Buttonweed)
• Diodia teres (Poorjoe Buttonweed)
• Diodia virginiana (Virginia Buttonweed)

There are also many species of "false" buttonweeds in the related genus Spermacoce.

The Velvetleaf Abutilon (Abutilon theophrasti) in the family Malvaceae is also sometimes known by the common name of buttonweed.

[edit] External links

• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database