Oppositeleaf Spotflower

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Acmella repens

Oppositeleaf Spotflower, a reference photo
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Acmella repens is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The plant is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, primarily in the coastal plain from Texas to North Carolina and in the lower Mississippi Valley from Missouri to Louisiana. There are additional populations in Coahuila in northeastern Mexico.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Oppositeleaf Spotflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Acmella
Species
Acmella repens

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