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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Purpletop Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-002:
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
COMMON NAME:
Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070219Hayesville18ed
July Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
Rapidly growing and erect, stems 3-6' tall, slender, hirsute, rough & square, per Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States.
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070219Hayesville19ed
July Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
Leaves narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, sessile with clasping bases, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070219Hayesville23ed
July Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_verbena_bonariensis_b
August
Corolla tube 4-6(-7)mm, 1.5-2mm longer than the calyx, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-002:
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
2461
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: South America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere in GA-NC
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.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
...Variable
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!