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Gray vervain

Verbena canescens

Also called Grey vervain

Gray vervain
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. & SC. U.S.A to Mexico, Colombia
Climate
subtropical

About

Verbena canescens, often called the woolly or gray vervain, is a plant species belonging to the family Verbenaceae.

Where it grows

In the US, Verbena canescens occurs mainly in central and southern Texas but turns up here and there introduced elsewhere in warmer parts of the country. This is seen on the map of research-grade observations of the species on the species page at the iNaturalist website. That map also indicates that Verbena canescens occurs throughout Mexico's interior highlands, the Mexican Plateau.

Other Verbena plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Verbena canescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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