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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena rigida
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Read more about Stiff Verbena at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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).
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).
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
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