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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl
Blue flower, Jamaica vervain, Rat tail

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Verbenaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, South Florida, Mexico and Central America; widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Valerianoides jamaicensis.

Other data on Stachytarpheta jamaicensis available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis has been reported for the following 3 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Disturbed Upland
Open Coastal Uplands
Pineland

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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley