Blue Porterweed
- Title
- Blue Porterweed
- Subject
- Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
- Description
- Plant Size: 1 ft tall by 3-4 ft wide
- Habitat: Coastal strand, open areas in dry mesic hardwood forests, sometimes nestled under trees along sandy roadsides
- Medicinal Uses: used for fever, for "the cooling of the blood," as a wash for skin irritations, to relieve constipation, and for worms in children.
- Creator
- Rene Meizoso
- Source
- Florida Native Plant Society database entry for Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
- Atlas of Florida Plants database entry for Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
- Contributor
- Rene Meizoso
- Identifier
- RIFsjbp
- Coverage
- Throughout the state
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Citation
Rene Meizoso, “Blue Porterweed,” Rooted in Florida, accessed April 29, 2026, https://lis5472.cci.fsu.edu/sp26/group1/items/show/396.