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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena incompta
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Purpletop Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Verbena incompta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena bonariensis
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata
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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JK Marlow jkm080515_041
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
The plant is 6-8' tall with a square stem, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm080515_046
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, sessile with clasping bases, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm080515_048
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm080515_048b
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
A naturalized plant with tiny violet flowers in a dense 1" spike, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena incompta
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena bonariensis
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Verbena incompta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena bonariensis
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata
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
3666
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Common (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purple
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p277?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p208?
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".