Verbenaceae
Changeable velvetberry
Stachytarpheta mutabilis
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Stachytarpheta
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Changeable velvetberry
- Indonesian
- Ngokilo
Synonyms
- Cymburus mutabilis (Jacq.) Salisb.
- Stachytarpheta cayennensis var. schiedeana Loes.
- Stachytarpheta mutabilis var. violacea Moldenke
- Stachytarpheta purpurea Greenm.
- Stachytarpheta zuccagni Roem. & Schult.
- Valerianoides mutabilis (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Verbena mutabilis Jacq.
- Zappania mutabilis (Jacq.) Lam.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to September, November to January (from 79 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Rankin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Richard Fuller, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aitor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: tiswango, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, 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.