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*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, K4, Mo3, 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; Verbena brasiliensis Vell. Basionym: Verbena brasiliensis Vell. 1825 [1829]

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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



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