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Stachytarpheta mutabilis
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Stachytarpheta mutabilis (Jacq.) Vahl, Enum Pl. 1: 208. 1804; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1090(763). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 227. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 316. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 297. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 358. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 369. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 361. 1994; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 312. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 644. 2009.
Verbena mutabilis Jacq., Collect. 5:334. 1788.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Pink snakeweed
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Description:
A shrub usually 1-2 m tall, mostly pubescent throughout. Leaves 6-15 cm long and 4-8 cm wide, ovate or oval-oblong, varying to oblong-lanceolate or subcordate-ovate, margins crenate or serrate, apex acute, base narrowed and decurrent into petiole, scabrous above and pubescent beneath. Flowers crimson fading to rose, borne on spikes 30-60 cm long. Fruits (capsules) cylindrical, c.0.6 cm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kollam, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plants
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kannoth, Manantody, Taliparamba, Olavakkot
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