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|accepted_name=Stemodia durantifolia
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Swartz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Observ. Bot.,
|place=240. 1791
|year=1791
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Capraria durantifolia
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication_place=10, 2: 1116. 1759
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Stemodia arizonica
|authority=Pennell
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Stemodia;Stemodia durantifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Stemodia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Stemodia durantifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 278, 280
|treatment_page=page 279
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending, 10–100 cm, glandular- and eglandular-hairy. <b>Leaves</b> opposite or whorled proximally, opposite distally; blade lanceolate to oblong, 15–50(–70) × 3–15(–20) mm, base clasping, margins serrate distally, flat, surfaces sparsely hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, spikes, racemes, or flowers 1–4 per axil; bracts 4–5 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–8(–15) mm; bracteoles [1 or]2, 2–3.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, 3–5 mm; corolla blue-purple, 5–8(–10) mm, puberulent, lobes 1–2 × 1 mm; style 2–4 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 4–5 mm; style often persistent. <b>Seeds</b> ellipsoid, 2–3 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Wet sand and rock in open, sometimes disturbed, sites.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Stemodia durantifolia</i> might be confused with <i>S. maritima</i> Linnaeus, which is found in the Caribbean and along the coast in Mexico and elsewhere in the New World tropics. <i>Stemodia</i> maritima has corollas less than 5 mm and stalked pollen sacs. Florida plants of <i>S. durantifolia</i> are introduced.</p>
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name=Stemodia durantifolia
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Swartz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Stemodia arizonica
|basionyms=Capraria durantifolia
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Wet sand and rock in open, sometimes disturbed, sites.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Observ. Bot.,
|publication year=1791
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Stemodia
|species=Stemodia durantifolia
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