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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Verbena urticifolia
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Read more about White Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena urticifolia
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Verbena urticifolia
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena urticifolia var. leiocarpa
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena urticifolia var. urticifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Verbena urticifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-007:
Verbena urticifolia FAMILY Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena urticaefolia
COMMON NAME:
White Vervain, Nettleleaf Verbena, Velvetleaf Vervain
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_veur_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120617_041
June Spartanburg County SC
The petioles of the leaves are up to 2" long, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm120617_045
June Spartanburg County SC
Slender branched divaricate spikes with a few scattered minute white flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120617_047
June Spartanburg County SC
Leaves stalked, coarsely and somewhat doubly toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm180623_3016
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Flowers 1/8" across. The tubular green calyx has 5 lanceolate teeth, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm180623_3017
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Corolla lobes 1mm or less long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm190604_9042
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190604_9044
June Greenville County SC
Stems quadrangular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm080729_003b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm080729_011
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9638
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Roxanna Martin rlm71110_170
July Spartanburg County SC
Minute white flowers in very slender spikes terminating stem and branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm71209_080
July Spartanburg County SC
To 5' tall, with very slender branched, divaricate, few-flowered spikes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Roxanna Martin rlm7210_60
July Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm7210_62
July Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm141025_339340
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Roxanna Martin rlm10210_537
October Spartanburg County SC
Fruit a schizocarp, consisting of 4 well-developed, oblong, brown mericarps, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Verbena urticifolia
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena urticifolia
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Verbena urticifolia
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena urticifolia var. leiocarpa
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena urticifolia var. urticifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Verbena urticifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-007:
Verbena urticifolia
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena urticaefolia
1600
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: floodplain forests, mesic and dry upland forests, disturbed habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About Weeds (Spencer, 1940) p199
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p282
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p081
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p345
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p215
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p254
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p138
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