Antilles heliotrope

Euploca lagoensis is an annual herb that grows up to 15 cm tall, with decumbent or prostrate stems reaching 30 cm in length. The leaves are oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5 mm long, with an acute to acuminate apex and a ciliate margin. The flowers are solitary, extra-axillary, with a white corolla yellow at the throat, 3–4 mm long, and ovate lobes. Stamens are sessile, with joined anthers and an apical appendage. The ovary is obpyriform, and the fruit is rostrate, glabrous, and about 2 mm in diameter. This species is distributed across the Caribbean, Brazil, and parts of Central America.