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).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Spermacoce ovalifolia''
/ref>Martens, Martin & Galeotti, Henri Guillaume. 1844. Bulletin de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles 11(1): 129–130, Borreria ovalifolia
/ref>Watson, Sereno. 1890. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 152–153, Spermacoce pringlei
/ref> ''Spermacoce ovalifolia'' is an annual herb about 30 cm tall. Leaves are ovate, up to 4 cm long. flowers are very small, in dense axillary clusters.

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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Jalisco in 1889, isotype of ''Spermacoce pringlei'', synonym of ''Spermacoce ovalifolia''Gardening Europe
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15451632 ovalifolia Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America Flora of Cuba Flora of Puerto Rico Flora of Trinidad and Tobago Flora of the Windward Islands Flora of Venezuela Flora of Colombia Flora of Ecuador Flora of Bolivia Flora of Brazil Flora of Paraguay Plants described in 1844 Flora without expected TNC conservation status