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Your search found 25 taxa in the family Verbenaceae, Vervain family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Brazilian Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbena brasiliensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena brasiliensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena brasiliensis 162-01-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas, old fields
Common
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbena bonariensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena bonariensis 162-01-002 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas, old fields
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere in GA-NC
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Verbena incompta FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Verbena bonariensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena bonariensis 162-01-002? FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas, old fields
Common (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
White Vervain, Nettleleaf Verbena, Velvetleaf Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbena urticifolia FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Verbena urticifolia var. urticifolia FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena urticifolia 162-01-007 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas
Common Name:
Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbena hastata FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Verbena hastata var. hastata FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena hastata 162-01-008 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in marshes, bogs, low fields
Rare south of VA
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Hoary Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbena stricta FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena stricta FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena stricta 162-01-009 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in pastures and roadsides
Rare
Native: central US
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbena simplex FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena simplex FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena simplex 162-01-010 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in glades, woodlands, forests, and roadsides, over mafic or igneous rocks
Rare or uncommon in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Vervain, Carolina False Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbena carnea FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylodon carneus FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena carnea 162-01-011 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in sandy woodlands, sandhills
Common (rare in Piedmont, uncommon in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Verbena rigida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena rigida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena rigida 162-01-013 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas
Common (rare in NC Piedmont)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Rose Vervain, Rose Verbena, Creeping Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Glandularia canadensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Glandularia canadensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena canadensis 162-01-014 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it on roadsides, sandhills, other dry (esp sandy) soils
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Glandularia aristigera FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Glandularia pulchella FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena tenuisecta 162-01-016 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Non-native: South America
Common Name: Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Glandularia bipinnatifida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in dry prairies on clay soils
Rare in Coastal Plain, waif in Mountains
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Marsh Frogfruit, Northern Frogfruit, Lanceleaf Frogfruit
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Phyla lanceolata FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phyla lanceolata FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lippia lanceolata 162-02-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in brackish marshes, other marshes, ditches
Common in NC-SC (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Creeping Frogfruit, Capeweed, Turkey-tangle, Sawtooth Frogfruit
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Phyla nodiflora FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lippia nodiflora 162-02-002 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in interdune swales, shell middens, sandy soils of roadsides, lawns, ditches, impoundments, disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Chaste-tree
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Vitex agnus-castus FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Vitex agnus-castus + FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitex agnus-castus 162-03-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in pastures, woodland edges, suburban woodlands
Rare
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name:
Beach Vitex, Roundleaf Chaste-tree
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Vitex rotundifolia FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitex rotundifolia FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it on coastal dunes, planted for ornament & stabilization, and now spreading aggressively as an invasive species
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Non-native: east & southeast Asia & nearby islands
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Common Name:
American Beautyberry, French Mulberry, Beautybush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Callicarpa americana FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callicarpa americana FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Callicarpa americana 162-04-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in hammocks, other forests (esp with sandy or rocky soils), maritime forests (the main habitat northward), disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Chinese Beautyberry, Purple Beautyberry
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Callicarpa dichotoma FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callicarpa dichotoma FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Callicarpa dichotoma 162-04-002 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it on roadsides, powerline rights-of-way, woodland edges, suburban woodlands, bogs, bottomlands
Uncommon
Non-native: Asia
Common Name: Japanese Beautyberry
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Callicarpa japonica FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callicarpa japonica FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in suburban woodlands
Waif(s)
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Florida Lantana, East Florida Lantana
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Lantana depressa var. floridana FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lantana depressa var. floridana FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lantana ovatifolia 162-05-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in coastal strands, xeric hammocks, scrubby pine flatwoods, on the edges of brackish marshes, dunes
Rare (an endemic)
Native to Florida & extreme se GA; introduced in AL & SC
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Common Name:
Common Lantana, Hedgeflower
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Lantana strigocamara FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Lantana camara FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lantana camara 162-05-002 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas, esp near the coast
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Non-native: of garden hybrid origin
Common Name: Texas Lantana, Hierba De Cristo, West Indies Shrub-verbena
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Lantana urticoides FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lantana urticoides FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lantana horrida 162-05-003 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in disturbed and brackish areas
Waif(s)
Native: Texas & the West Indies
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Common Name:
Trailing Shrub-verbena, Polecat-geranium
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Lantana montevidensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lantana montevidensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: South America
Common Name:
Clerodendrum, Rose Glorybower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Clerodendrum bungei FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Clerodendrum bungei FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it on roadsides & in suburban woodlands
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
Common Name:
Harlequin Glorybower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Clerodendrum trichotomum var. ferrugineum FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Clerodendrum trichotomum var. ferrugineum FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Look for it on roadsides, streambanks
Rare, cultivated & strongly naturalized
Non-native: east Asia
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