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Read more about Blue Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Verbena hastata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena hastata var. hastata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-008:
Verbena hastata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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.
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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).