Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

Scientific Name:
Common Name(s):
Stachytarpheta urticifilia
Porterweed, blue rattail
Height:
Leaves:
Flowers:
Bark:
Fruit:
Other:
Treatment:
4-6 ft tall, grows 3-6 ft in diameter.
Evergreen, deeply veined , toothed edges.
Upright stem with many blue-violet smaller flowers.
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Sold as a native in south Florida, blooms in Summer to late fall.
Can be hand pulled or treated with 10% Garlon 4 basal
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