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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Verbena rigida
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena rigida
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
(?)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-013:
Verbena rigida
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
COMMON NAME:
Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain
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JK Marlow jkm060427_028
April Greenville County SC
Funnelform flower 2.5x longer than the hairy calyx and subtending bract, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm060427_033
April Greenville County SC
Leaves sessile, partially clasping the stem, with flaring coarse teeth, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm0408i_05
August Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowers with hairy bracts crowded into slender terminal spikes, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.