OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena brasiliensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena brasiliensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)

Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-001:

Verbena brasiliensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Verbena brasiliensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Brazilian Vervain


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_vebr2_003_lvd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_v_brasiliensis_08915

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm170527_531

May    Anderson County    SC

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_053121atlanta08

May    Fulton County    GA

Blue Heron Nature Preserve

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_053121atlanta09

May    Fulton County    GA

Blue Heron Nature Preserve

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_053121atlanta18

May    Fulton County    GA

Blue Heron Nature Preserve

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

Gill Newberry    gn07_v_brasiliensis_flowe

July        

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Gill Newberry    gn07_verbena_inf

July        

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JK Marlow    jkm140822_938b

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Spikes short & stout, flowers/fruits overlapping & completely obscuring rachis, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm140822_941

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Stem sharply angled; leaves elliptic, central stem lvs not auriculate-clasping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm92708_296

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

Roxanna Martin    rlm9410_152

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm141001_022

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm211003_4078

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Verbena brasiliensis, Brazilian Vervain

JK Marlow    jkm0211c_11

November    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena brasiliensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbena brasiliensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaeae): Serie Pachystachyae (O’Leary et al., 2007)
Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-001:
Verbena brasiliensis   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbena brasiliensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1596

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields, clearings, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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