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Verbena carnea
Carolina false vervain is a short-lived perennial wildflower native to the southeastern United States and Texas, usually about 2 ft tall. It grows best in full sun and well-drained, sandy soil.
Verbena carnea (syn. Stylodon carneus), the Carolina false vervain, is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae. It is native to Texas and the southeastern United States. A short-lived perennial typically 2 ft (0.6 m) tall, it is found growing in lower but non-coastal areas such as sand hills, scrubby oak woodlands, and in longleaf pine woods.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Verbena carnea 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.
