Common name: Veined Verbena
Verbena rigida Spreng. APNI* 
Description: Perennial herb 0.2–0.4 (-1) m high; branches erect or ascending from a creeping rhizome, scabrid.
Leaves sessile, rigid, oblong-ovate or narrowly obovate, 4–12 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, glabrous; base subcordate and partly clasping branch; margin coarsely and sharply serrate, often slightly revolute; apex acuminate.
Inflorescence a lax terminal corymb with long branches ending in a dense spike; bracts conspicuously longer than calyx. Calyx 5-toothed, 4–6 mm long. Corolla reddish purple, pale lilac or blue-violet, 2–3 times as long as calyx; tube 8–10 mm long.
Mericarps c. 2 mm long.
Flowering: Flowers throughout the year.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread, especially in coastal districts, north from Albury. Vic. and Qld. Native of S Amer. Weed of waste ground.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *S.A. *W.A.
Text by B.J. Conn
Taxon concept: B.J. Conn (1999)
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