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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena rigida   FAMILY Verbenaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena rigida   FAMILY Verbenaceae

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-013:

Verbena rigida   FAMILY Verbenaceae

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

Verbena rigida

 

COMMON NAME:
Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain


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image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm060427_028

April    Greenville County    SC

Funnelform flower 2.5x longer than the hairy calyx and subtending bract, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm060427_033

April    Greenville County    SC

Leaves sessile, partially clasping the stem, with flaring coarse teeth, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_rigida_tub_vervainz

May        

image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_verbena_rigida_6

May        

image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm0407w_37

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm0407x_11

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm0407x_14

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

JK Marlow    s040723_ab

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm0408i_03

August    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Verbena rigida, Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm0408i_05

August    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Flowers with hairy bracts crowded into slender terminal spikes, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena rigida   FAMILY Verbenaceae

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-013:
Verbena rigida   FAMILY Verbenaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1598

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Prairies, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Common (rare in GA Mountains) (rare in NC Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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