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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 18 taxa in the family Verbenaceae, Vervain family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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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
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields, clearings
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
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields
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
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields
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
Habitat: Floodplain forests, mesic and dry upland forests, disturbed habitats
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
Habitat: Fens, marshes, bogs, meadows, calcareous spring marshes, riverbanks, low fields
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
Habitat: Prairies, glades, barrens, pastures, and roadsides
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
Habitat: Glades, prairies, woodlands, forests, rock outcrops, and roadsides, over limestone or mafic rocks
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
Habitat: Sandy woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills
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
Habitat: Prairies, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Rose Vervain, Rose Verbena, Creeping Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Roadsides, longleaf pine sandhills, calcareous glades, rocky prairies, other dry sandy or rocky soils
Uncommon in GA, rare in NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: South America
Common Name: Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Dry prairies on clay soils
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Marsh Frogfruit, Northern Frogfruit, Lanceleaf Frogfruit
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Oligohaline tidal marshes, tidal swamps, maritime swamps, dune swales and ponds, other marshes, seasonally exposed shores of rivers, ditches
Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Creeping Frogfruit, Capeweed, Turkey-tangle, Sawtooth Frogfruit
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phyla 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
Habitat: 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:
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
Habitat: Coastal strands, xeric hammocks, scrubby pine flatwoods, edges of brackish marshes, dunes; the AL, SC, and NC occurrences apparently introduced from FL
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
Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially 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
Habitat: Disturbed and brackish areas
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
Habitat: Landscaped areas, disturbed areas
Non-native: South America
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