Verbena simplex
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown Line Drawing |
| Botanical name: | Verbena simplex |
| Common name: | narrowleaf vervain |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Verbenaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 20" |
| Foliage: | square stem; leaves opposite, sessile, coarsely serrate |
| Flower: | inflorescence on spikes; 5 lobes, lavendar to white |
| Flowering time: | May to September |
| Habitat: | fields, waste ground, roadsides |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |