Virginia Buttonweed

Virginia Buttonweed

Common name: Virginia Buttonweed

Latin name: Diodia virginiana  L.

Family: Rubiaceae

Life Cycle: Perennial

Type: Broadleaf

Description: Creeping perennial weed with a decumbent growth habit and glabrous stems that root at the nodes. Leaves are linear-lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, and flowers are small with 4 white petals.

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