NameThatPlant.net: Verbena hastata

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Verbena hastata FAMILY Verbenaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Blue Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena hastata FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-008:

Verbena hastata FAMILY Verbenaceae

COMMON NAME:
Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Verbena hastata FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena hastata FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-008:
Verbena hastata FAMILY Verbenaceae

1597

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: fens, marshes, bogs, meadows, calcareous spring marshes, riverbanks, low fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina (introduced southward)

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in NC) (waifs in GA & SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Violet
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps

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