Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:892. 1753
Verified:
03/06/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
bachelor's-button – brass-buttons – buttonweed – water cotula – waterbuttons – Afrikaans
eendjieskweek – gansgras – French
cotule – cotule à feuilles de sénebière – German
Krähenfuß-Laugenblume – Wasserknopf – Swedish
strandkotula –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
3 | Adventive | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | New Brunswick | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Prince Edward Island | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Québec | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California (Norte) | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Subarctic America | United States | Alaska | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng]
Adventive
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Madeira Islands]
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Belgium
Naturalized
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Germany, Netherlands
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Northern America
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
United States [Alaska]
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [British Columbia]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Massachusetts]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Oregon, Washington]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Maryland]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja California (Norte)]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Rio Grande do Sul]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
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Accessed 9 May 2025.