Verbena urticifolia|white vervain|Verbenaceae

Verbena urticifolia.janet Novak.ct-botanical-society.org

Verbena urticifolia is an annual or perennial herb, erect, to 1.5 m tall, single stemmed, usually hairy, often branched from base.

Leaves opposite, broadly lance-shaped to egg-shaped, to 8-20 cm long, margin, coarsely, often doubly, toothed.

Flowers white, small, tubular, slightly irregular in long, thin, sparsely flowered spikes; blooms June-Aug.

Fruit dry, small, 0.2 cm.

Wetland status: FACU.

Frequency in NYC: Occasional.

Origin: Native.

Habitat: Edges of wetlands, open areas or part-shade in good soil.

Verbena urticifolia. © Thomas G. Barnes @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database/Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky (Both Accessed 5/2014).

Notes: Seeds eaten by songbirds, plants occasionally eaten by rabbits (Martin et. al. 1951).

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Verbena urticifolia white vervain Verbenaceae VEUR; Bx, pb, sf, vc, wv (Yost et al. 1991); NY, hb, iw; Q, a, cu (Greller 1977), f, j; K, p; R, bk, c, js, mc, t, w, wp;