About White Porterweed
Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by many English language common names, including blue snakeweed, Cayenne snakeweed, dark-blue snakeweed, bluetop, nettle-leaf porterweed, rattail, rough-leaf false vervain, blue rat's tail, Brazilian tea, Cayenne vervain, false verbena, joee, nettleleaf velvetberry, and Cayenne porterweed. Names in other languages include honagasō (Japanese), gervão-urticante (Brazilian Portuguese), piche de gato, rabo de zorro (Spanish), herbe à chenille, herbe bleue, queue de rat (French), ōi or ōwī (Hawaiian), sakura or ouchung (Chuukese), and tiāki (Māori).
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Stachytarpheta cayennensis
- Genus
- Stachytarpheta
- Family
- VERBENACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Waste places
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Introduced to tropics and subtropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-March
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
White Porterweed belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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