Roundleaf chastetree
Vitex rotundifolia L.f.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 56 cm
- wide
- 3.2 m
Lamiaceae
Formerly Vitex ovata, Vitex repens
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to PacificKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 51 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 1–2 ft; Wikipedia 0.5–1 m
- Spread
- 1.8 m to 4.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Purple, blueRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 山埔姜, 单叶蔓荆, 蔓荆子
- Hawaiian
- Pōhinahina
- Simplified Chinese
- 单叶蔓荆
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Vitex rotundifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.