Old World Diamond Flower

Oldenlandia corymbosa (Hedyotis corymbosa)

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Rubiaceae

Native to: Old World Tropics

Abundance and distribution in Florida:   Throughout and occasional, usually in turf

Recognition: Small sprawling weed with narrow opposite leaves having a stipule between the bases. Flower tiny, white (or pale pink.  Fruit a tiny woody capsule.  Differs from Richardia species by being mostly smaller, by being less congested, by having smaller mostly single flowers with 4 petals, and a capsule not splitting into separate segments.

Contributed by: George Rogers