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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena stricta
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Read more about Hoary Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena stricta
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-009:
Verbena stricta FAMILY Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena stricta
COMMON NAME:
Hoary Vervain
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vest_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_309
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena stricta
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena stricta
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-009:
Verbena stricta
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena stricta
2914
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Prairies, glades, barrens, pastures, and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native: central US
Waif(s)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
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
- All About Weeds (Spencer, 1940) p201
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p344
- 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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