| Stachytarpheta jamaicensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Verbenaceae |
| Genus: | Stachytarpheta |
| Species: | S. jamaicensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Stachytarpheta jamaicensis | |
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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae, native throughout the Caribbean,[3] including Florida.[4] It has many common names including blue porterweed, blue snake weed, bastard vervain, Brazilian tea, Jamaica vervain,[5] light-blue snakeweed,[6] and, in St. Croix, worryvine.source? It usually is found along country roadsides, and it also grows well as a ruderal plant on disturbed terrain.
A similar plant, Stachytarpheta cayennensis, which is an invasive species in Florida,[7] is sometimes mistaken for S. jamaicensis.[8]
It is unclear whether S. indica is a separate species.[9]
- ^ Bárrios, S.; Copeland, A. (2021). "Stachytarpheta jamaicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T96816126A192132046. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T96816126A192132046.en. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "USDA Plants Database".
- ^ [https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=703}
- ^ "Stachytarpheta jamaicensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stachytarpheta jamaicensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Florida Invasive Species Council".
- ^ "Blue porterweed". 17 September 2021.
- ^ www.flowersofindia.net, Indian Snakeweed