Nashia inaguensis Millsp.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Verbenaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Nashia inaguensis Millsp.

  • Description

    Species Description - A much-branched shrub 2 m. high or less, the bark gray, the branches widely spreading, the young twigs densely short-pubescent, elliptic to obovate or spatulate, 5-10 mm. long, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, rugose and sparingly pubescent above, tomentose beneath, the margin entire, revolute, the petioles about 1 mm. long; heads axillary, sessile, few-flowered; bracts ciliate, apiculate, longer than the flowers; corolla white, about 2 mm. long; drupes pyriform, about 4 mm. long; nutlets smooth.

  • Distribution

    Scrub-lands, Inagua, near Matthew Town. Endemic. Moujean Tea.

    Inagua Bahamas South America|