Lamiaceae
Caribbean spiritweed
Aegiphila martinicensis
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Aegiphila
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Aegiphila martinicensisLamiaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Catalan
- A. dumosa
- English
- Caribbean spiritweed
Synonyms
- Aegiphila barbadensis Moldenke
- Aegiphila diffusa Andrews
- Aegiphila dumosa Salisb.
- Aegiphila glabra Poir.
- Aegiphila grandifolia Walp.
- Aegiphila macrophylla Desf. ex Steud.
- Aegiphila magnifolia Steud.
- Aegiphila martinicensis f. barbadensis (Moldenke) Moldenke
- Aegiphila martinicensis var. oligoneura (Urb.) Moldenke
- Aegiphila minima W.Wright ex Moldenke
- Aegiphila oligoneura Urb.
- Aegiphila straminea Hoffmanns.
- Aegiphila variabilis Moldenke
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.