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Verbena bracteata
Also called Common vervain, Bracted verbena, Carpet Vervain, Bracted Vervain, Prostrate Vervain, Big Bract Vervain, Big Bracted Verbena
Bigbract verbena is a low, mat-forming native wildflower of North America that spreads across disturbed ground and blooms with small white to pale purple flowers. Grow it in full sun with good drainage, as it tolerates poor, dry soils.
Verbena bracteata is a species of verbena known by the common names bracted vervain, bigbract verbena, prostrate vervain, and carpet vervain. It is native to North America where it is widespread, occurring throughout the continent except for northern Canada and southern Mexico. It occurs in many types of habitat, especially disturbed areas. It typically blooms between the months of May and October. This annual or perennial herb produces several hairy, spreading stems up to 30 centimeters long forming a low mat on the ground. The hairy leaves are toothed or lobed. The inflorescence is a spike of flowers which is dense with long, pointed, leaflike bracts each up to 8 millimeters long. Each small tubular flower is about half a centimeter wide and white to pale purple in color.
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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.
