- Ernodea littoralis
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Ernodea littoralis 
Ernodea littoralis Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Subfamily: Rubioideae Tribe: Spermacoceae[1] Genus: Ernodea Species: Ernodea littoralis Ernodea littoralis (Golden Creeper, Beech Creeper, or Coughweed) is a species of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, endemic to Central America and the Caribbean region. It is a vine-like ground cover, 1 to 3 feet in height, with small, light green, succulent leaves on long, curving, bright red branches, and pinkish white, tubular flowers succeeded by golden berries.
Synonyms
- Ernodea angusta
References
- ^ "Genus Ernodea". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/60366. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
- University of Florida fact sheet
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
- Wildflower.org entry
- Vivian Negron-Ortiz and R. James Hickey, "The Genus Ernodea (Rubiaceae) in the Caribbean Basin. II. Morphological Analyses and Systematics", Systematic Botany, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 445-458.
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