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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Brazilian Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-001:
Verbena brasiliensis FAMILY Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena brasiliensis
COMMON NAME:
Brazilian Vervain
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_vebr2_003_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_v_brasiliensis_08915
April Miami-Dade County FL
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JK Marlow jkm170527_531
May Anderson County SC
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_053121atlanta08
May Fulton County GA
Blue Heron Nature Preserve
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_053121atlanta09
May Fulton County GA
Blue Heron Nature Preserve
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_053121atlanta18
May Fulton County GA
Blue Heron Nature Preserve
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Gill Newberry gn07_v_brasiliensis_flowe
July
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Gill Newberry gn07_verbena_inf
July
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JK Marlow jkm140822_938b
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Spikes short & stout, flowers/fruits overlapping & completely obscuring rachis, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140822_941
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stem sharply angled; leaves elliptic, central stem lvs not auriculate-clasping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm92708_296
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9410_152
September Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm141001_022
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm211003_4078
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0211c_11
November Greenville County SC
Roadside
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-001:
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena brasiliensis
1596
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields, clearings, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p277
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p194
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p428
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p214
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p344
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p337
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