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Phyla stoechadifolia
Phyla stoechadifolia
(L.) Small.
Common Names:
Marsh Phyla
Family:
Verbenaceae
Habit:
Phyla stoechadifolia
is a lax woody herb up to 0.5 m in height lying flat as it gets taller and rooting at the nodes. The leaves are arranged oppositely up to 8 cm in length, lanceolate/linear with serrate leaf margins.
The complete, perfect, zygomorphic flowers are arranged in elongate heads forming a spike that arises from leaf axils on long peduncles (up to 15 cm in height). Each flower has an involucral bract. The calyx has 4 fused sepals forming a short tube. There are 4 white changing to purple, fused petals forming a tube with 5 lobes. The 4 stamens are fused to the corolla. The ovary is superior and has 2 locules. The fruit is a capsule.
Habitat:
Phyla stoechadifolia
grows in wet locations along the edges of ponds and Ephemeral Fresh Water Wetlands,
Sabal palmetto
savannahs and Human Altered environments.
Distribution:
Phyla stoechadifolia
occurs on all island groups with the Lucayan Archipelago as well as the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage:
Phyla stoechadifolia
is not known to be used medicinally in the Lucayan Archipelago.
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