Native Plants
Diodia virginiana
Diodia virginiana L.
Virginia Buttonweed, Buttonweed
Rubiaceae (Madder Family)
USDA Symbol: DIVI3USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Diodia virginiana
Virginia Buttonweed
Rubiaceae
Location: NE of low water crossing of Salado Creek, on road from Ft. Sam Houston to Pershing training area.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Growing in sluggish creek which sometimes floods. Full sun.
Description: Erect, leafy, herbaceous, 42 cm tall. Leaves alternate, lower ones early deciduous, lanceolate, seemingly sessile, long cuneate, coarsely toothed (pointing toward apex). Apex sharly acute.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 12, 1994
Specimen number: 703
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1119
Accession Date: Feb 28, 1998
Accession Number: 104
Annotations: SXFRB (In fruit)