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| Vernacular name | Devil's coach whip. | |
| Scientific name | Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl, Valerianioides jamaicensis (L.) | |
| Family | Verbenaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | Annual (and sometimes perennial) herbaceous plant that grows 60 | |
| Leaves | Opposite, lateral nerves 6 pairs, deeply-serrated, dark green leaves. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Sessile, blue or pink flowers, pollinated by butterflies. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | A spear shaped, seeds contained within black fruit, which is 4 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, small reddish-purple to deep blue flowers that grow along tall bracts that are favored by butterflies. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Rapidly invades disturbed areas | |
| Flowering and fruiting | July - December | |
| Associated with | Wasteland flora | |
| Habit | Annual (and sometimes perennial) herbaceous plant that grows 60–120 cm tall | |
| Inflorescence | Sessile, blue or pink flowers, pollinated by butterflies | |
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