Common Name:
white
vervain
Scientific Name:
Verbena urticifolia
Family Name:
Verbenaceae
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Verbena Family
Life Cycle
native summer annual, biennial or short-lived perennial, reproducing by seed
Stems
upright, stout, simple or branching, multiply from base, hollow and square, rough, densely haired, hairs long and spreading, becoming somewhat woody
Leaves
opposite, broadly lanceolate to oval, coarsely toothed, petioled, petioles winged, slightly haired or hairless above, hairy below, dark green above and light green below, veins below leaf surface above, veins raised below
Flowers
5-petaled, white, small, petals fused; terminal and axillary above, panicle of spikes, loose and spreading, flowers sparsely spaced
