Petrea volubilis L.

Spice Flowers

Family: VERBENACEAE

Genus: Petrea

Spanish common name: Capitán lila. Lazo de amor. Lija.

General distribution (Phytogeography): North American

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Macrophanerophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Gardens.

Characteristics: A climbing plant that can reach up to 15 m. stems are slender and creeping, a pale brown or greyish in colour due to the scars on the leaves. Leaves are opposite, oblong-elliptic and acuminate. The inflorescence is a raceme, up to 20 cm. in length, very characteristic with its lilac-blue coloured flowers.