Verbena simplex Lehmann. Common name: Narrowleaf Vervain. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Glades, prairies, woodlands, forests, rock outcrops, and roadsides, over limestone or mafic rocks. Distribution: NH west to MN and NE, south to Panhandle FL (Jackson County) and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: This species hybridizes with V. stricta when they co-occur, forming the hybrid V. ×moechina Moldenke.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, Barber (1982), Nesom (2010b); = Verbena angustifolia Michx. — S, illegitimate name. Basionym: Verbena simplex Lehm. 1825
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending perennial of glades, rocky woodlands, forests, rock outcrops and roadsides, mostly over mafic or igneous rocks.
Stems: Stems 4-angled, with a few ascending branches, smooth or slightly rough-hairy.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, linear to narrowly oblong-lance-shaped, 1 1/4-4 in. long, usually coarsely toothed (more teeth toward leaf tip) and smooth or short-hairy.
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Flowers: Flowers in a single terminal raceme about 4-12 in. long, a few flowers blooming at a time, beginning at the bottom; each flower lavender to whitish, to ¼ in. wide, with a corolla tube (slightly longer than the calyx) that opens to 5 unequal, spreading-ascending lobes.
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Height: 8-26 in.
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description: Erect to ascending perennial of glades, rocky woodlands, forests, rock outcrops and roadsides, mostly over mafic or igneous rocks.
stems: Stems 4-angled, with a few ascending branches, smooth or slightly rough-hairy.
leaves: Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, linear to narrowly oblong-lance-shaped, 1 1/4-4 in. long, usually coarsely toothed (more teeth toward leaf tip) and smooth or short-hairy.
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flowers: Flowers in a single terminal raceme about 4-12 in. long, a few flowers blooming at a time, beginning at the bottom; each flower lavender to whitish, to ¼ in. wide, with a corolla tube (slightly longer than the calyx) that opens to 5 unequal, spreading-ascending lobes.
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