Buttonweed, Poorjoe
Diodia teres Walter
Rubiaceae (Madder Family)
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Povertyweed, Poorjoe, Dioidia, Rough Buttonweed:
· summer annual in the Madder (Rubiaceae) Family with opposite, linear leaves
· stems reddish, wiry
· flowers small, white to pink, in leaf axils; fruit is a small, oval pod
· found in cultivated fields, lawns, non-crop areas, roadsides, particularly dry, infertile and sandy soils