Virginia Buttonweed

(Diodia virginiana)

Virginia buttonweed

Characteristics
Seedling Leaves Flowers Fruit
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Growing habit: Erect, spreading, ascending or prostrate perennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous from fleshy, highly branched taproot

Leaf anatomy: Opposite arrangement, simple, slightly thickened, connected by fringed stipules

Reproduction: Solitary or occasionally in groups of 2, corollas white, tube filiform

References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice