Light Blue Snakeweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Light-Blue Sankeweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Family: Verbenaceae •
Genus: Stachytarpheta •
Species: jamaicensis (L.) Vahl •
Country of Origin: Endemic to Florida •
Common Names: Blue Porterweed, Light-Blue Snakeweed •

This is one of our native ground covers and I have to tell you the bees and butterflies love it! I like it too! I've moved some of the seedlings to other spots so it will fill in the bare areas.




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Torenia fournieri or Look at the little beauty that volunteered part II

I was walking around the yard today and right where the other plant is. I found this little pink variety, cool huh? They're just self-seeding. I'm sure glad I didn't just pull them up thinking the were weeds. Here's my post from the other day http://ilikerareplants.blogspot.com/2008/10/look-at-little-beauty-that-volunteered.html


...and a few more clearer pics of the blue variety!!!


Family: Scrophulariaceae •
Genus: Torenia •
Species: fournieri •
Country of Origin: Viet Nam •
Common Names: Wishbone Flower, Bluewings, •


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Torenia fournieri or Look at the little beauty that volunteered

All sorts of things pop up in my yard, and before I just pull them out as weeds. I like to see what they are. This is my latest volunteer.


I wasn't sure what it was. My friend Nuytsia@Tas www.flickr.com/people/nuytsia_pix/ gave me a speedy and proper id!!!! It's called (Torenia fournieri) or Blue Wings and it has most unusual looking flowers! It must be a little invasive because, I don't grow this and it is the second time one of these has sprouted.




Family: Scrophulariaceae •
Genus: Torenia •
Species: fournieri •
Country of Origin: Viet Nam •
Common Names: Wishbone Flower, Bluewings, •



Torenia fournieri by Eric Bronson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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