Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 206 (1804) (syn:Stachytarpheta jamaicensis var. indica (L.) H.J.LamValerianoides indica (L.) Medik.Verbena caudata Salisb.Verbena indica L.Vermicularia lancifolia MoenchZappania indica (L.) Lam. ; Stachytarpheta angustifolia (Mill.) Vahl ; Stachytarpheta angustifolia var. elatior Schrad. ; Stachytarpheta angustifolia f. elatior (Schrad. ex Schult.) López-Pal. ; Stachytarpheta angustifolia f. jenmanii (Moldenke) Moldenke ; Stachytarpheta angustifolia f. rionegrensis Moldenke ; Stachytarpheta angustissima Moldenke ; Stachytarpheta elatior Schrad. ; Stachytarpheta elatior var. jenmanii Moldenke ; Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. parviflora Moldenke ; Stachytarpheta surinamensis Miq. ex Pulle ; Valerianoides jamaicensis var. linearifolia Kuntze ; Verbena angustifolia Mill. ; Verbena lancifolia Steud. ; Zappania angustifolia (Mill.) Poir. );
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Mexico to Tropical America: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela; Introduced into: Bangladesh, Burkina, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Phoenix Is., Sudan, Togo, Zaïre as per POWO;
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Common name: Indian Snakeweed, Blue snakeweed, Nettle-leaved vervain • Hindi: Kariyartharani • Tamil: சீமை நாயுரிவி Seemai nayuruvi • Malayalam: Katapunnuttu, Seemakongini • Kannada: ಕರಿಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ Kari uttarani ಕಾಡುಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ Kadu utarani
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Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims: 6 very high res. images.

Location: Miraya Greens Resort, Bengaluru, India
Date: 25 March 2023
Altitude: 940m.
Habitat : Cultivated

Stachytarpheta indica.


Yes, appears close as per images at 
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1092351-2
But it is a syn. of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl as per Lucid Central (based on which we have segregated our plants):

I will now try to segregate the two, based on POWO images at
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1092351-2


 


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Flower ID : SGNP : Railway Station – indiantreepix | Google Groups:
Came across these flowers at the park near the Toy Train Station in SGNP, Mumbai on Sunday the 29th June.


I will take 2nd image as Stachytarpheta indica, as per discussions at Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims



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Attached are pictures of Stachytarpheta cayennensis captured at MNP in March 2013.
Could someone please indicate the difference between S. jamaicensis and S. cayennensis?

difference is in the leaves
but you need absolutely flat leaves like when you put it on ground or a white sheet of paper or make a herbarium, several leaves and from both types and compare
there is a way to differentiate
but it can not be done it here, no leaf is flat and one that looks flat makes one dx and another that’s curving creates doubts.
optical illusion makes the teeth look different in your different leaves
this is a case where if it pleases you you keep the diagnosis you have
was it labelled by the botanists there? or label it as Stachytarpheta sp..


I managed to get some shots of the leaves yesterday, attached as pics…
Based on Dineshji’s post, this does seem to be S. cayennensis.
Please advice….

I think we should take it as Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl in view of the links provided by … as below along with Factsheet links, for the time being:


I will take this as Stachytarpheta indica, as per discussions at Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims


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Flower for Id -ID13082020SH3 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 mb.

Going through some old unidentified photos in this Lockdown period.
Flower for Id.
Location – SGNP, Mumbai
Date – August 2016

Stachytarpheta mutabilis (Jacq.) Vahl ??


Yes. A common weed plant here during rains.


It is Stachytarpheta jamaicensis a common weed in marshy areas


I will take this as Stachytarpheta indica, as per discussions at Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims


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6 Identify weed plant : 6 posts by 3 authors. 4 images- 1 mb each.
Please identify the weed plant.

Name of plant:

Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District(far east), Kerala PIN:686671

Date:13.10.2020, 02.00pm

Altitude:1700msl

Habitat: wild moisture

Plant habit: growing upwards

Height: 4ft

Leaves shape: oval long tip with side jaws

Flower Diameter 07mm, deep blue, non fragrant. 


Stachytarpheta sp. ???


Yes, most likely to be Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl as per comparative images at Stachytarpheta


I will take this as Stachytarpheta indica, as per discussions at Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims


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Verbenaceae: Stachytarpheta indica Vahl: 1 correct high res. image.
synonyms: Stachytarpheta angustifolia (Mill.) Vahl, Stachytarpheta elatior Schrad., Stachytarpheta elatior Schrad. ex Schult.
location/date: (_jp) Semadoh, Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Amravati Distr., Maharashtra, November 1994; (_1) University of Agricultural Sciences campus, Bangalore, July 1997


Ist image appears to be OK.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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References:
POWO  efloraofgandhinagar   Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  eflorakkl  Wikipedia  Useful Tropical Plants