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|accepted_name=Capraria biflora
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 628. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Capraria;Capraria biflora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Capraria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Capraria biflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 334
|treatment_page=page 335
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem architecture;stem some measurement;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>branched, 4–20 dm, hirsute to glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="blade shape;blade length;blade width;blade pubescence;blade pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> blade spatulate, 30–80 × 5–35 mm, glabrous or moderately hirsute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="pedicel some measurement;pedicel pubescence;pedicel pubescence"><b>Pedicels </b>5–22 mm, glabrous or glandular-pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="flower architecture or shape;flower some measurement"><b>Flowers </b>bilaterally symmetric, 10–13 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sepal some measurement;sepal pubescence">sepals 4–7 mm, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla shape;corolla pubescence;inside coloration">corolla white, with purple spots inside, tubular-funnelform, villous inside;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen architecture">stamens 4 (or 5), didynamous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ovary pubescence">ovary glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="style position;style some measurement;style pubescence;style pubescence">style included, 3–5 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="seed length;seed width;2n chromosome quantity;2n chromosome quantity"><b>Seeds </b>0.4–0.5 × 0.3–0.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 28, 60 (Africa).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering fall–spring.
|habitat=Beaches, dunes, empty lots, roadways, streams.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (e of the Andes);Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands)
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>In the United States, Capraria biflora grows only in the southern tip of Florida, where it is widely distributed on the southern quarter of the peninsula as well as throughout the Florida Keys. It is commonly cultivated throughout the world for its purported healing properties.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Capraria biflora
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering fall–spring.
|habitat=Beaches, dunes, empty lots, roadways, streams.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (e of the Andes);Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands)
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
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|genus=Capraria
|species=Capraria biflora
|2n chromosome quantity=60;28
|blade length=30mm;80mm
|blade pubescence=hirsute;glabrous
|blade shape=spatulate
|blade width=5mm;35mm
|corolla coloration=white
|corolla pubescence=villous
|corolla shape=tubular-funnelform
|flower architecture or shape=symmetric
|flower some measurement=10mm;13mm
|inside coloration=purple spots
|ovary pubescence=glabrous
|pedicel pubescence=glandular-pubescent;glabrous
|pedicel some measurement=5mm;22mm
|seed length=0.4mm;0.5mm
|seed width=0.3mm;0.4mm
|sepal pubescence=glabrous
|sepal some measurement=4mm;7mm
|stamen architecture=didynamous
|stamen quantity=4
|stem architecture=branched
|stem pubescence=hirsute;glabrate
|stem some measurement=4dm;20dm
|style position=included
|style pubescence=pilose;glabrous
|style some measurement=3mm;5mm
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