title: Stemodia
text: # Stemodia
  
  Stemodia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae. The genus comprises approximately 40 species of annual and perennial herbs and shrubs which are distributed throughout temperate and tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. This genus is sometimes placed in the families Scrophulariaceae or Gratiolaceae. The generic name is derived from the Latin word stemodiacra, which means "stamens with two tips." Twintip is a common name for several species.
  
  ## Selected species
  
  | Stemodia coahuilensis – Coahuila twintip Stemodia debilis Stemodia durantifolia (L.) Sw. – white woolly twintip Stemodia flaccida Stemodia florulenta W.R.Barker – bluerod Stemodia glabella W.R.Barker – bluerod Stemodia grossa – marsh stemodia Stemodia kingii Stemodia lanata Sessé & Moc. ex Benth. – gray woolly twintip Stemodia lathraia | Stemodia linophylla Stemodia lythrifolia – bunu bunu Stemodia maritima L. – seaside twintip Stemodia micrantha Stemodia pubescens Stemodia schottii Holz. – Rio Grande twintip Stemodia tephropelina Stemodia verticillata (Mill.) Hassl. – whorled twintip Stemodia viscosa Roxb. – pagurda |
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  ## Gallery
  
  * Stemodia verticillata
  