''Spermacoce brachysepala'', the West Indian false buttonweed, is a plant species in the

Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...

. It is native to

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

and the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Alain, Hermano, in H.A. Liogier & L.F. Martorell, Flora of Puerto Rico & Adjacent Islands: A Systematic Synopsis 249

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US Department of Agriculture Plants ProfileGardening Europe
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15450545 brachysepala Flora of the Dominican Republic Flora of Haiti Flora of Puerto Rico Plants described in 1912 Flora without expected TNC conservation status