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Read more about Purpletop Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Verbena incompta
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis
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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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.
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.
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.