Wild Flowering Plants
| Verbenaceae family Stachytarpheta species Vèvenn latjé wat Naturalized common shrub of semi-open moist spots. This taxon is weedy and sometimes cultivated as a low hedge. It is possibly a form of S. jamaicensis but could also be the hybrid Stachytarpheta x intercedens Danser. (If its a hybrid it is a fertile hybrid). A white-flowered form is cultivated as a herbal medicine. This white form also occurs in the wild. In FLA, this taxon is given the name Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims . However that name is now considered a synonym of S. cayennensis |
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