''Spermacoce neoterminalis'', the Everglades Key false buttonweed, is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae. It is endemic to southern Florida, from the

Everglades The Everglades is a natural region of tropical climate, tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm. The system begins near Orland ...

as far north as Lake Okeechobee.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Spermacoce neoterminalis''
/ref>Small, John Kunkel. 1924. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 387, Borreria terminalis
/ref>Kartesz, John T. & Gandhi, Kancheepuram Natarajan. 1992. Brittonia 44(3): 370, ''Spermacoce terminalis'' ''Spermacoce neoterminalis'' is a perennial herb with a woody root. Stems are up to 40 cm tall, generally not branching above the ground. Leaves are elliptical. Flowers are small, white, clustered in terminal and axillary glomerules.

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Natives for your Neighborhood, Institute for Regional Conservation, Delray Beach Florida USA, Everglades Keys false buttonweed, ''Spermacoce terminalis'' Dave's Garden, Everglades Keys false buttonweed (''Spermacoce terminalis'')Gardening Europe

Altervista Flora of the USA and Canada, ''Spermacoce terminalis'' (Small) Kartesz & Gandhi
neoterminalis Endemic flora of Florida Everglades National Park Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Rubioideae-stub