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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Read more about Purpletop Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Verbena bonariensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Verbena incompta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-002:
Verbena bonariensis FAMILY Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena bonariensis
COMMON NAME:
Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070219Hayesville18ed
July Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
Rapidly growing and erect, stems 3-6' tall, slender, hirsute, rough & square, per Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States.
Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070219Hayesville19ed
July Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
Leaves narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, sessile with clasping bases, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070219Hayesville23ed
July Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_verbena_bonariensis_b
August
Corolla tube 4-6(-7)mm, 1.5-2mm longer than the calyx, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Verbena bonariensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Verbena incompta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-002:
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena bonariensis
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