The Variable Stachytarphyta
Stachytarpheta mutabilis
Also known as Pink Snakeweed
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify The Variable Stachytarphyta
Identify The Variable Stachytarphyta by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Flowers change color as they age.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Stachytarpheta mutabilis
- Genus
- Stachytarpheta
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Introduced to Old World
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaf blades are leathery in texture and oblong or lance-shaped.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The hairy stems have oppositely arranged leaves.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for The Variable Stachytarphyta itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- SpikerecordedFlowers arranged directly on a central stem without individual stalks.“The inflorescence is a narrow spike up to 60 centimeters long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for The Variable Stachytarphyta itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
About The Variable Stachytarphyta
A member of the Verbenaceae family, The variable Stachytarphyta (Stachytarpheta mutabilis) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and 4 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
The Variable Stachytarphyta belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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