Stemodia
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Stemodia is a genus of plants in the plantain family which are known as twintips. There are about 20 species of twintip found across the tropical Americas and into the subtropics. These are perennial flowering plants with toothed leaves and racemes of colorful flowers which are usually a shade of purple.
Selected species:
- Stemodia durantifolia - white woolly twintip
- Stemodia lanata - gray woolly twintip
- Stemodia maritima - seaside twintip
- Stemodia schottii - Rio Grande twintip
- Stemodia verticillata - whorled twintip
Stemodia coahuilensis - Coahuila twintip
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