Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Stachytarpheta
Species:
S. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Synonyms
  • Abena jamaicensis (L.) Hitchc.
  • Stachytarpheta bogoriensis Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Stachytarpheta pilosiuscula Kunth
  • Valerianoides jamaicense (L.) Kuntze
  • Valerianoides jamaicense (L.) Medik.
  • Valerianoides jamaicensis (L.) Medik.
  • Verbena americana Mill.
  • Verbena jamaicensis L.
  • Verbena pilosiuscula (Kunth) Endl.
  • Vermicularia decurrens Moench nom. illeg.
  • Zappania jamaicensis (L.) Lam.

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae, native throughout the Caribbean, including Florida. It has many common names including blue porterweed, blue snake weed, bastard vervain, Brazilian tea, Jamaica vervain, light-blue snakeweed, and, in St. Croix, worryvine.source? It usually is found along country roadsides, and it also grows well as a ruderal plant on disturbed terrain.

A similar plant, Stachytarpheta cayennensis, which is an invasive species in Florida, is sometimes mistaken for S. jamaicensis.

It is unclear whether S. indica is a separate species.