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Tampa mock vervain

Glandularia tampensis

Tampa mock vervain
Photo: United States Botanical Garden, Public domain

Tampa mock vervain is a low, long-lived perennial with purple flowers, native to Florida. It does best in sunny, well-drained sites and tolerates dry conditions once established.

Family
Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
Grows as
Perennial, Palm
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or well-drained soil.
Temperature
18–35 °C; tolerates light frost but is damaged by hard freezes.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Florida
Climate
subtropical

About

Glandularia tampensis, common names Tampa mock-vervain and Tampa verbena, is a flowering plant in the Glandularia genus. It is a long-lived perennial with purple flowers. It grows in flatwoods, live oak-cabbage palm hammock and in clearings. It is endemic to Florida.

Other Verbena plants

Glandularia aristigera · Verbena bipinnatifida · Verbena chiricahensis · Verbena gooddingii · Verbena lilacina · Verbena tenera · Mock vervain · Verbena amoena · Purpletop vervain · Bigbract verbena · Brazilian vervain · Red Hills vervain

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glandularia tampensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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