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Verbenaceae

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl

Family
Verbenaceae
Genus
Stachytarpheta

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Light-blue snakeweed: stachytarpheta indica malayalam : ശീമക്കൊങ്ങിണി
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Common names

By language (17)
ban
Pecut jaran
Chinese
假马鞭, 牙買加長穗木, 倒团蛇, 假败酱, 大种马鞭草, 大蓝草, 木馬鞭, 玉龙鞭
English
Light-blue snakeweed
French
Verveine bleue
gor
Tidepu'o
Haitian Creole
Vèvenn karayib
Indonesian
Pecut kuda
Japanese
フトボナガボソウ
Javanese
Pecut jaran
mad
Peccot jhârân
Malagasy
Sadani, Ahibitsy, Famangomboay
Malay
Selasih dandi
Malayalam
ശീമക്കൊങ്ങിണി, ഇന്ത്യൻ സ്നേക്ക്വീഡ്, ഒടിച്ചുകുത്തി, കടലാടി
nan
Tn̂g-sūi-bo̍k
pam
Kamakamangyang
Persian
شاهپسند برگگزنهای
Thai
พันงูเขียว

Synonyms

  • Abena jamaicensis (L.) Hitchc.
  • Cymburus urticifolius Salisb.
  • Stachytarpheta bogoriensis Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Stachytarpheta indica f. monstrosa Moldenke
  • Stachytarpheta indica var. jamaicensis (L.) Razi
  • Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. albiflora S.S.Ying
  • Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. atrocoerulea Moldenke
  • Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. monstrosa Moldenke
  • Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. monstrosa (Moldenke) Moldenke
  • Stachytarpheta jamaicensis var. longifolia Hiern
  • Stachytarpheta pilosiuscula Kunth
  • Valerianoides jamaicense (L.) Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicense (L.) Medik.
  • Valerianoides jamaicense f. glabrum Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicense f. strigosum Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicense var. angustifolium Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicense var. linearifolium Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicense var. spathulatum Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicensis (L.) Medik.
  • Valerianoides jamaicensis f. glabra Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicensis f. strigosa Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicensis var. angustifolia Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicensis var. spathulata Kuntze
  • Verbena americana Mill.
  • Verbena jamaicensis L.
  • Verbena pilosiuscula (Kunth) Endl.
  • Vermicularia decurrens Moench
  • Zappania jamaicensis (L.) Lam.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, 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.