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Read more about Purpletop Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Verbena incompta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)

Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Verbena bonariensis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-002?:

Verbena bonariensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Verbena bonariensis

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 (Midgley, 1999).

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

JK Marlow    jkm080515_048

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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 (Midgley, 1999).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena incompta   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Verbena incompta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena bonariensis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-002?:
Verbena bonariensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena bonariensis