OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Verbena hastata   FAMILY Verbenaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena hastata   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Verbena hastata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Verbena hastata var. hastata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Verbena hastata var. scabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Verbena hastata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-008:

Verbena hastata   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Verbena hastata

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy


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image of Verbena hastata, Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_267

        

image of Verbena hastata, Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_veha2_001_lvd

        

image of Verbena hastata, Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_veha2_010_lvd

        

image of Verbena hastata, Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy

JK Marlow    jkm170914_0515

September    Henderson County    NC

Leaves lanceolate to lance-ovate, coarsely doubly serrate, definitely petioled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Verbena hastata, Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy

JK Marlow    jkm170914_0531

September    Henderson County    NC

Typically the spikes are stiffly erect; perhaps these suffered herbicide damage?

image of Verbena hastata, Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy

JK Marlow    jkm170914_0535

September    Henderson County    NC

Flowers and fruits distinctly overlapping in the upper part of the spikes, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Verbena hastata   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena hastata   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Verbena hastata

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena hastata var. scabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Verbena hastata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-008:
Verbena hastata   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena hastata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1597

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: fens, marshes, bogs, meadows, calcareous spring marshes, riverbanks, low fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina (introduced southward)

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in NC) (waifs in GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Violet
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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