Stemodia durantifolia(L.) Sw.

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WFO wfo-0000495560 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stemodia durantifolia, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. a Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 194333573
Stemodia durantifolia, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. b Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194316706
Stemodia durantifolia, photographed by Fluff Berger
fig. c Fluff Berger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184417590
Stemodia durantifolia, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. d Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179451202
Stemodia durantifolia, photographed by Madeleine Claire
fig. e Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131865375
Stemodia durantifolia, photographed by Madeleine Claire
fig. f Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131864352
Stemodia durantifolia, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. g Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131747998
Stemodia durantifolia, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. h Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 78368127

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Native range 38 botanical countries

Regions where Stemodia durantifolia is native: Arizona, California, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina South, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. ArizonaCaliforniaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina SouthBelizeBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralChile CentralChile NorthColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela BahamasLeeward Is.Netherlands AntillesVenezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Stemodia durantifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina South AGS SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bahamas BAH
Belize BLZ
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Chile Central CLC
Chile North CLN
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
California CAL
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 23 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Capraria durantifolia L.
  • Capraria oppositifolia L.
  • Conobea verticillaris Spreng.
  • Conobea viscosa Schrank
  • Lysimachia coerulea-galericulata Sloane
  • Phaelypaea erecta P.Browne
  • Scrophularia subhastata Vell.
  • Stemodia arizonica Pennell
  • Stemodia berteroana Benth.
  • Stemodia bissei Tzvelev
  • Stemodia chilensis Benth.
  • Stemodia durantifolia var. angustifolia Griseb.
  • Stemodia ehrenbergiana Schltdl.
  • Stemodia erecta Minod
  • Stemodia erecta f. bracteosa Minod
  • Stemodia subhastata (Vell.) Benth.
  • Stemodia verticillaris (Spreng.) Link
  • Stemodiacra berteroana (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Stemodiacra chilensis (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Stemodiacra durantifolia (L.) Morong
  • Stemodiacra durantifolia (L.) Kuntze
  • Stemodiacra ehrenbergiana (Schltdl.) Kuntze
  • Stemodiacra subhastata (Vell.) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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