Index / Search / Spermacoce glabra
§1 Plant
Spermacoce glabra Michx.
vernacular smooth false buttonweed — species · Rubiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Spermacoce
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 301 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 301 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Chicot 05017
- Clay 05021
- Conway 05029
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Hempstead 05057
- Independence 05063
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clinton 17027
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Boone 21015
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Crittenden 21055
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Lewis 21135
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Perry 21193
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Bolivar 28011
- Clay 28025
- Coahoma 28027
- DeSoto 28033
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Issaquena 28055
- Itawamba 28057
- Jefferson 28063
- Lafayette 28071
- Lee 28081
- Madison 28089
- Noxubee 28103
- Quitman 28119
- Sharkey 28125
- Sunflower 28133
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tunica 28143
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Dallas 29059
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SPGL2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2915821 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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