Flora of North America species comparison

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Capraria biflora

goatweed
Stems

branched, 4–20 dm, hirsute to glabrate.
Leaves

blade spatulate, 30–80 × 5–35 mm, glabrous or moderately hirsute.
Pedicels

5–22 mm, glabrous or glandular-pubescent.
Flowers

bilaterally symmetric, 10–13 mm;

sepals 4–7 mm, glabrous;

corolla white, with purple spots inside, tubular-funnelform, villous inside;

stamens 4(or 5), didynamous;

ovary glabrous;

style included, 3–5 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose.
Seeds

0.4–0.5 × 0.3–0.4 mm.
2n

= 28, 60 (Africa).

Capraria biflora
Phenology Flowering fall–spring.
Habitat Beaches, dunes, empty lots, roadways, streams.
Elevation 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; Mexico; Central America; West Indies; South America (e of the Andes); Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

In the United States, Capraria biflora grows only in the southern tip of Florida, where it is widely distributed on the southern quarter of the peninsula as well as throughout the Florida Keys. It is commonly cultivated throughout the world for its purported healing properties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 335.
Parent taxa Scrophulariaceae > Capraria
Sibling taxa
C. mexicana
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 628. (1753)
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