Code
STCUR
Growth form
broadleaf
Biological cycle
perennial
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Cymburus urticifolius Salisb. |
synonym | Cymburus urticifolius Salisb. |
synonym | Verbena salisburii Endl. |
synonym | Verbena salisburii Endl. |
synonym | Verbena salisburyi Endl. |
synonym | Zappania urticifolia (Salisb.) Poir. |
synonym | Zappania urticifolia (Salisb.) Poir. |
synonym | Zappania urticifolia (Sims) Poir. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Mayotte : Stachytarpheta urticifolia flowers and fruits all year round.
New Caledonia: Seeds of Stachytarpheta urticifolia germinate throughout the year with good moisture conditions. Seedlings grow rapidly and produce inflorescences at the end of their first rainy season. The plant remains green, with a more pronounced period of growth during the rainy season.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Stachytarpheta urticifolia is a perennial species that reproduces by seeds that cling to the fur of animals and agricultural machinery. Seeds accumulate in the ground (several million per hectare).
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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S. mutabilis | S. urticifolia | S. cayennensis | S. jamaicensis | S. indica | |
Plant size | 1 - 3 m | 0,5 - 1,5 m | 0,5 - 2 m | 0,3 - 1 m | 0,3 - 1 m |
Leaf hairiness | pubescent scabrous, tomentose | glabrous | scabous | glabrous | glabrous, glabrescent |
Leaf texture | thick | membranous corrugated dark green |
membrano-fleshy | membrano-fleshy | fleshy |
Margin crenation | round and short | acute and short | round and short | round and short | round and long |
Spike hairiness | hairy | glabrous | pubescent | glabrous | glabrous |
Spike shape | erect | erect | sinuous | erect | erect |
Spike diameter | 4-7 mm | 2-2,5 mm | 1,5-2 mm | 2,5-3 mm | 4-5 mm |
Flower colour | red, pink, salmon | bright blue | blue, lilac, whitish | blue pale white | blue pale white |
Corolla tube | 17-20 mm | 8-9 mm | 5-7 mm | 8-10 mm | 5-11 mm |
Corolla tube | tube exceeding the calyx | tube exceeding the calyx | tube not exceeding the calyx | tube exceeding the calyx | tube exceeding the calyx |
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is very close to S. urticifolia (Salisb.) Sims, which is distinguished by its leaves with apex and tines more sharp and face more crisped , flowers are dark blue, the axis of the spike in fruit is small, not exceeding 2.5 mm in diameter and floral bracts are narrow and trinervate.
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S. jamaicensis | S. urticifolia | |
Lamina (upper surface) | ribs depressed | corrugated surface, crisped |
Lamina (apex) | rounded | acute tip |
Flower (colour) | pale blue | dark blue |
Axis of the spike in fruit | Thick, diameter> 2,5 mm | slender, diameter< 2,5 mm |
Floral bracts | large | narrow |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Stachytarpheta urticifolia is a species of open plots. It prefers heavy clayey soils.
Comoros: Stachytarpheta urticifolia is a ruderal species, observed at low to medium altitude in young cultures of manioc, in banana and ambrevade. It grows on sand clayey soil.
Mayotte : Stachytarpheta urticifolia is an exotic species very common in hygrophilic and mesophilic regions, in crops, pastures, villages and along rivers. It adapts itself to very degraded environments.
New Caledonia: Major weed of pastures and long cycle crops at altitudes below 1200 m. It likes heavy clay soils.
Reunion: A ruderal species of roadside.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Global harmfulness
Stachytarpheta urticifolia is a weed of pastures in Australia in Queensland and the Northern Territories. It forms part of the 33 most significant invasive species in the South Pacific islands.
Local harmfulness
Comoros: A weed common in banana and cassava plots. It is sometimes abundant where it is located.
Mayotte: Stachytarpheta urticifolia is a fairly frequent weed, present in 10% of cultivated plots. It is sometimes abundant in ylang plantations and in food crops.
New Caledonia: Stachytarpheta urticifolia was introduced in 1868 as a forage, it is now a major weed of pastures and long-cycle crops at altitudes below 1200 m.
Reunion: Weed rarely present in crops.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Medicinal: The flowers of Stachytarpheta urticifolia are used for eye care. The plant also has antidiarrheal and antiulcerogenic properties.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=stachytarpheta%2520urticifolia
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Verbenaceae |
Genus | Stachytarpheta |
Species | Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims |