Verbenaceae
Cayenne porterweed
Stachytarpheta cayennensis
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Stachytarpheta
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 白花假马鞭, 藍蝶猿尾木, 南假马鞭
- English
- Cayenne porterweed
- Hausa
- Wutsiyar kasa
- Portuguese
- Geribão, Gervão
- Tongan
- Ikuʻikumā
Synonyms
- Abena cayanensis Hitchc.
- Abena cayennensis (Rich.) Hitchc.
- Lippia cylindrica Scheele
- Stachytarpheta australis Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta australis f. albiflora Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta australis var. neocaledonica Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta canescens var. bahiensis Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta canescens var. morii Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta cayennensis f. alba Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta cayennensis f. albiflora Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta cayennensis f. purpurea Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta cayennensis var. candicans Briq.
- Stachytarpheta cayennensis var. virescens Briq.
- Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl
- Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Baill.) A.Chev.
- Stachytarpheta dichotoma f. albiflora (Moldenke) Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta dichotoma var. neocaledonica (Moldenke) Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta fallax A.E.Gonç.
- Stachytarpheta gibberosa Rchb.
- Stachytarpheta guatemalensis Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta guatemalensis f. albiflora Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta hirta Kunth
- Stachytarpheta lactea Schauer
- Stachytarpheta laevis Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta maximiliani Schauer
- Stachytarpheta maximiliani var. ciliaris Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta maximiliani var. glabrata Schauer
- Stachytarpheta patens Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta polyura Schauer
- Stachytarpheta polyura f. albiflora Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta restingensis var. hispidula Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta scaberrima var. pilosa Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta subulata Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta tabascana Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta theezans Rojas Acosta
- Stachytarpheta umbrosa Kunth
- Stachytarpheta veronicifolia Cham.
- Ubochea dichotoma Baill.
- Valerianoides cayennense (Rich.) Kuntze
- Valerianoides cayennensis (Rich.) Kuntze
and 5 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 280 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tobias Thrien, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Alexandre Mattos Raposo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James K. Douch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Al Kordesch, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.