White Ovieda spinosa flowers carry long projecting stamens and styles in a cluster among green leaves

Ovieda spinosa


Native to Hispaniola, this shrub grows in wet tropical habitats in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. White flowers have short tubes and spreading lobes, with slender stamens and styles projecting prominently beyond the petals. They develop in loose clusters among the foliage. The species belongs to the mint family, Lamiaceae. Photographed in Colombia.

Ovieda spinosa has small white flowers on leafy branches

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