Petitia, called the bastard stopper,[2][3] is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1760. It contains two known species, native to Florida and the West Indies.[1][4]

Bastard stopper
Petitia oleina (Mexico 28814),Photographed at Huntington Gardens (Los Angeles, California) in March
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Viticoideae
Genus: Petitia
Jacq.
Synonyms[1]

Scleroon Benth. ex Lindl

Species[1]
  • Petitia domingensis Jacq. - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Miami-Dade County in Florida
  • Petitia urbanii Ekman. - Cuba, Tortuga Island in Haiti

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