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Verbena officinalis L.
Family Verbenaceae
Common name: Common Verbena, Vervain

Verbena officinalis L. APNI*

Description: Perennial herb 0.3–1 m high; branches erect, 4-angled, ridges smooth or finely scabrous.

Leaves shortly petiolate or sessile, strigose; lower leaves coarsely toothed to pinnatifid or 1–2-pinnatisect, 2–7 cm long, 0.5–3 cm wide; upper leaves incised to subentire, smaller than lower leaves, ovate-cuneate, oblong or narrowly ovate; base ± acute; apex acute.

Inflorescence a lax terminal panicle with long branches ending in a spike; bracts shorter than calyx, with peduncle, bracts and calyx strongly glandular. Calyx 5-toothed, 2.5–3 mm long. Corolla pale pink or lilac, twice as long as calyx; tube 3–3.5 mm long.


Flower
Photo L. von Richter

Flowering: mainly October–January

Distribution and occurrence: Occurs throughout much of the State; also Qld, Vic., Tas., S.A. Native of Medit. region.

Widespread weed of disturbed ground and waste lands.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SC, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SFWP
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *S.A.
AVH map***

B.J. Conn (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.

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