OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena incompta   FAMILY Verbenaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Verbena incompta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)

Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Verbena bonariensis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-002?:

Verbena bonariensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Verbena bonariensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain


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image of Verbena incompta, Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm080515_041

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

The plant is 6-8' tall with a square stem, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

image of Verbena incompta, Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm080515_046

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Leaves narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, sessile with clasping bases, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Verbena incompta, Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm080515_048

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Verbena incompta, Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm080515_048b

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

A naturalized plant with tiny violet flowers in a dense 1" spike, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena incompta   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Verbena incompta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena bonariensis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-002?:
Verbena bonariensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena bonariensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3666

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Common (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare in Mountains)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purple
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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