Stachytarpheta angustifolia

(Mill.) Vahl

Verbenaceae 358 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb or small shrub. It grows 80 cm high. It can branch just below the flower. The stem is rounded or 4 sided. The leaves are papery and narrowly oval. They are 4-9 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. The flowers are on a loose spike 25-30 cm long. The flowers are small and purple.

Distribution

A tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Benin, Brazil, Caribbean, Central Africa, Central America, Congo DR, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Mexico, North America, South America, Suriname, Venezuela, West Africa,

Notes

There are about 133 Stachytarpheta species.

Synonyms

Verbena angustifolia Mill.Stachytarpheta elatior Schrad. ex Schult.Stachytarpheta angustissima Moldenke

References (4)

Atkins, S., The Genus Stachytarpheta (Verbenaceae) in Brazil. Kew Bulletin. Vol 60, No. 2 (2005) pp. 161-272
Enum. pl. 1:205. 1804
Terashima, H., et al, 1992, Ethnobotany of the Lega in the Tropical Rainforest of Eastern Zaire (Congo): Part Two, Zone de Walikale, African Study Monographs, Suppl. 19:1-60
Zon, A.P.M. van der, Grubben, G.J.H., 1976, Les legumes-feuilles spontanes et cultives du Sud-Dahomey, Communication 65, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, p 93