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light-blue snakeweed
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
light-blue snakeweed Verbena Family
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Verbenaceae
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common names
  light-blue snakeweed
  Brazilian tea
   blue Porter weed
   rooter comb
accepted scientific name
  Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl
rules for finding collection records
  Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (116)
family name
  • Verbenaceae
Image Author: ©2018 Forest And Kim Starr
Image License: CC BY
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.5 inches
Leaf: Opposite
Plant Observed All Year
Introduced. Native to tropical and subtropical areas of the New World.

How Likely at this Location (24%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (45%)
where plant found
mag select

Forest
Disturbed
Grassland
Sand
Rocky
Riparian
Cliff
Brush
Wetland
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis   (L.) Vahl   (TSN: 32204, Index: 490)


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Common Names






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