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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

blue porterweed, joee
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Marjorie Shropshire, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Marjorie Shropshire, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Marjorie Shropshire, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Eleanor Dietrich, Magnolia Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

blue porterweed, joee

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Familia:

Verbenaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

flower

Tamaño:

0.5-1 ft tall by 3-4 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

blue,purple

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

Evergreen. Blooms more-or-less all year.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Groundcover or in a meadow.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales, Seed

Propagación:

Seeds and cuttings. Lifespan is about 5 years.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray.

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Lime Rock

pH del suelo:

Adaptable

Apto para cultivo en:

8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Butterflies, Caterpillars, Hummingbirds

Larval host for tropical buckeye ( Junonia genoveva ) butterfly. 





Nectar plant for many butterflies and moths including: Bahamian swallowtail ( Papilio andraemon ), clouded skipper ( Lerema accius ), Cuban crescent ( Phyciodes frisia ), Dorantes longtail ( Urbanus dorantes ), fiery skipper ( Hylephila phyleus ), great southern white ( Ascia monuste ), gulf fritillary ( Agraulis vanillae ), julia ( Dryas iulia ), large orange sulphur ( Phoebis agarithe ), little yellow ( Eurema lisa ), long-tailed skipper ( Urbanus proteus ), lyside skipper ( Kricogonia lyside ), Meske's skipper ( Hesperia meskei ), Palatka skipper ( Euphyes pilatka ), red admiral ( Vanessa atalanta ), Schaus' swallowtail ( Papilio aristodemus ponceanus ), swarthy skipper ( Nastra lherminier ), tropical checkered-skipper ( Pyrgus oileus ) and variegated fritillary ( Euptoieta claudia ) ( IRC )





Used by bees including Bombus pensylvanicus (Deyrup et al. 2002).

Attracts  hummingbirds.

Hábitats nativos:

Coastal strand, open areas in dry mesic hardwood forests, sometimes nestled under trees along sandy roadsides.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

The name porterweed is a reference to reported medicinal uses. A foaming, porter-like brew, much like beer, is made from at least one species in the Bahamas. The drink is used for fever, for "the cooling of the blood," as a wash for skin irritations, to relieve constipation, and for worms in children. Whether it works or not is open to conjecture. Other local names include "snakeweed," "rat's tail" and "vervain." The generic name is taken from the Greek stachys, meaning "spike," and tarphys, meaning "thick," referring to the thickened flowerspike typical of the genus. (ethnobotanical information provided by Roger Hammer)

Comentarios generales:

This species can be distinguished from related non-natives by its trailing stems and lance-shaped leaves.



Stachytarpheta urticifolia, commonly sold by non-native nurseries, is native to tropical Asia. It has an erect growth habit.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell.  1999.  Native Florida Plants.  Gulf Publishing Company.  Houston, TX.



Hammer, Roger. 2015.  Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies in tropical Florida.  University Presses of Florida.



Huegel, Craig, N.  2012.  Native wildflowers and other ground covers for Florida landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Tras, Pamela. 2001.  Gardening for Florida's butterflies.  Great Outdoors Publishing, St. Petersburg, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu /).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.  https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=703

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