Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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
Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-001:
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
COMMON NAME:
Brazilian Vervain
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_vebr2_003_lvd
)
Keith Bradley kab_v_brasiliensis_08915
April Miami-Dade County FL
)
JK Marlow jkm170527_531
May Anderson County SC
)
Gill Newberry gn07_v_brasiliensis_flowe
July
)
Gill Newberry gn07_verbena_inf
July
)
JK Marlow jkm140822_938b
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Spikes short & stout, flowers/fruits overlapping & completely obscuring rachis, per Weakley's Flora.
)
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.
)
Roxanna Martin rlm92708_296
September Spartanburg County SC
)
Roxanna Martin rlm9410_152
September Spartanburg County SC
)
JK Marlow jkm141001_022
October Greenville County SC
)
JK Marlow jkm0211c_11
November Greenville County SC
Roadside
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-001:
Verbena brasiliensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
1596
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: South America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas, old fields, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
...Dry
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 p277
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p194
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p428
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p214