- Select
- Bushes
- Spanish Name
- Rabo de gato, Rabo de zorro
- Common Name
- Purple porterweed
- Family
- VERBENACEAE
- Grows well in full sun exposure
- Perennial pioneer shrub in forest succession
- Potential ornamental plant for outdoor gardens and ecological restoration.
- Pollinated by butterflies and dispersed by birds and bats.
- It has properties as antacid, analgesic, anti inflammatory, hypotensive, antihelminthic , diuretic, laxative, lactagogue, purgative, sedative, spasmogenic, vasodilator, vulnerary, and vermifuge.
PROPAGATION: Cuttings
Written by neighbors in the community guide. Last edited May 28, 2025.Open in Notion