genus
Porterweed
Stachytarpheta
Field notes
Children
- Blue Porterweed native
- Rattail present
- Nettleleaf Velvetberry present
- Pink Snakeweed present
- Purple Porterweed present
- Stachytarpheta indica present
- Red Porterweed
- Stachytarpheta speciosa
- Dwarf Red Porterweed
- Stachytarpheta strigosa
- Stachytarpheta cayennensis × jamaicensis
- Stachytarpheta × intercedens
- Stachytarpheta brasiliensis
- Stachytarpheta × trimenii
- Stachytarpheta × gracilis
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Shrub Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native porterweed All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
