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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Glandularia canadensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Read more about Rose Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Glandularia canadensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-014:
Verbena canadensis FAMILY Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Glandularia canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Rose Vervain, Rose Verbena, Creeping Vervain
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_veca4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm080330_016
March Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Flowers borne in dense rounded clusters at the ends of the stems, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm080330_021
March Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Leaves pinnately lobed or incised and coarsely toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm080330_022
March Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow s080330_b
March Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Leaves coarsely dissected or lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Glandularia canadensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Glandularia canadensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-014:
Verbena canadensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Glandularia canadensis
2657
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, longleaf pine sandhills, calcareous glades, rocky prairies, other dry sandy or rocky soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/ Purplish
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p186
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p149
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p342
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p214
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p252
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