Rubiaceae
Hammock velvetseed
Guettarda elliptica
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Guettarda
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hammock velvetseed
Synonyms
- Donkelaaria dichotoma (M.Martens & Galeotti) Lem.
- Guettarda blodgettii Shuttlew.
- Guettarda dichotoma M.Martens & Galeotti
- Guettarda fuertesii Urb.
- Guettarda lindeniana var. reticulata (Griseb.) M.Gómez
- Guettarda reticulata Griseb.
- Guettarda tetrandra Sessé & Moc.
- Matthiola dichotoma (M.Martens & Galeotti) Kuntze
- Matthiola elliptica (Sw.) Kuntze
- Matthiola reticulata (Griseb.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.