Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Blue porterweed
Native to Florida

Blue porterweed is found in shell mounds, beaches, disturbed and sandy sites from Hillsborough county to the Florida Keys. It is also found throughout Alabama, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Kartez,1999). Blue Porterweed is recognized by its small blue flowers on cylindrical spikes appearing year-round.


It is a low shrub that trails on the ground with ascending tips and is usually no taller than about 1m, with stems angled. Leaves are opposite, ovate to broadly lanceolate, dark green 2-8 cm long, margins distincly toothed (Wunderlin,1998,Nelson,1996).

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