*Verbena brasiliensis Vellozo. Common name: Brazilian Vervain. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields, clearings. Distribution: Native of South America.
Origin/Endemic status: South America
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, G, GW2, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S, Tn, Va, WH3, Nesom (2010b), Nesom (2010c), Verloove (2011); = Verbena litoralis Kunth var. brevibracteata (Kuntze) N.O'Leary – O’Leary, Múlgara, & Morrone (2007); > Verbena brasiliensis Vell. – Tx; > Verbena litoralis Kunth – Il, Tx
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect annual/perennial of roadsides, old fields, clearings and other disturbed areas. Native of S. America.
Stems: Stems solitary or several from the base, sharply 4-angled and grooved, rough-hairy on the angles.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile or short-petiolate, elliptic, 1 1/2-4 in. long, sharply toothed, with bristy veins beneath.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in compact, cylindric spikes to 2 in. long, arranged in a wide-branching, terminal cluster; each flower pink to bluish-purple, tiny, with a hairy tube opening to 5 ascending, minute lobes. The slightly shorter calyx is also hairy.
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Height: to 8 ft.
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description: Erect annual/perennial of roadsides, old fields, clearings and other disturbed areas. Native of S. America.
stems: Stems solitary or several from the base, sharply 4-angled and grooved, rough-hairy on the angles.
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile or short-petiolate, elliptic, 1 1/2-4 in. long, sharply toothed, with bristy veins beneath.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in compact, cylindric spikes to 2 in. long, arranged in a wide-branching, terminal cluster; each flower pink to bluish-purple, tiny, with a hairy tube opening to 5 ascending, minute lobes. The slightly shorter calyx is also hairy.
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native range: South America