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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena hastata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena hastata var. hastata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Verbena hastata var. scabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-008:
Verbena hastata FAMILY Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena hastata
COMMON NAME:
Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy
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JK Marlow jkm170914_0512
September Henderson County NC
Typically the spikes are stiffly erect; perhaps these suffered herbicide damage?
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JK Marlow jkm170914_0515
September Henderson County NC
Leaves lanceolate to lance-ovate, coarsely doubly serrate, definitely petioled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm170914_0531
September Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm170914_0535
September Henderson County NC
Flowers and fruits distinctly overlapping in the upper part of the spikes, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena hastata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena hastata var. hastata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Verbena hastata var. scabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-008:
Verbena hastata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena hastata
1597
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: fens, marshes, bogs, meadows, calcareous spring marshes, riverbanks, low fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina (introduced southward)
Rare in NC (waifs in GA & SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Violet
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p277
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p177
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p282
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p429
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p215
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p254
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p138
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