Duranta serratifolia Fragrant slender members of the perennial

slender members of the perennial hibiscus tribe

The berries gather in tight whorls around the stem at every leaf node

000 meters across southeastern China

The deeply lobed leaves are rough to the touch and the stems carry fine prickles

Duranta serratifolia Fragrant slender members of the perennialDuranta serratifolia, the tala blanco of northern Argentina, is a South American cousin of the familiar golden dewdrop and belongs, like all Duranta, to the verbena family. The species epithet serratifolia means saw toothed leaf, for the finely serrated margins that separate this plant from the smoother leaved dewdrops. In the wild the shrub grows through the dry forests and thorn scrub of the Argentine northwest, where the common name, roughly white