Stachytarpheta australis Moldenke ( Verbenaceae),A Newly Naturalized Species for China
中国马鞭草科一新归化种——南假马鞭

In this paper,we report on a newly recorded naturalized plant in China,Stachytarpheta australis Moldenke.This species was obviously different from Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(Linn.) Vahl,which had been recorded in Flora of Chinapreviously.Its leaves were membranous or chartaceous,petioles 0.3-1 cm long,spikes slender,15-45 cm long,ca.3 mm in diameter,usually short-pubescent throughout,rachis somewhat flaccid,the furrows nearly as wide as the rachis,bracts narrowly lanceolate,ca.5 mm long,calyx hairy,corolla ...