Blue Porterweed, Joee
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Tropical Buckeye Butterfly larva feeds on the leaves. Very showy purple flowers with a mat forming growth.
Type: Low Shrub, Wildflower
Family: Verbenaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate: Terrestrial
Habit: Herb
Perennation: Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America; now present further north in peninsular Florida, but probably naturalized there.