Verbena hastata L.

Locations ofVerbena hastata L. in Virginia

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Family
Verbenaceae
Botanical Name
Verbena hastata L.
Common Name
Blue Vervain, Common Vervain
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Verbena hastata L.
Comments
Hybrids between this species and V. officinalis are known as Verbena xengelmannii Moldenke, and occur sporadically where the species grow together.
Habitat
Moist to wet fields and meadows, fens, calcareous spring marshes, riverbanks, and seasonally exposed rock, sand, or gravel bars and shores. Frequent in the mountains; infrequent in the Piedmont; rare in the Coastal Plain.
Native Status
Native

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