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Verbena rigida
Also called Slender Vervain, Veined Verbena, Veined Vervain, Wild Verbena, Creeping Verbena, Vervain Verbena, Stiff Verbena
Tuberous vervain is a perennial herb from South America, usually grown as a summer annual in temperate gardens. It is grown for its bright purple or magenta flower clusters and needs full sun and well-drained soil.
Verbena rigida, known as slender vervain or tuberous vervain, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the family Verbenaceae. It is native to Brazil and Argentina, and is not fully hardy in temperate climates, where consequently it is grown from seed as an annual.
Growing to 60 centimetres (24 in), it has a spreading habit, with stalkless toothed leaves and clusters of bright purple or magenta, scented flowers, held on branched stalks, in summer. Numerous cultivars have been selected for garden use.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Verbena rigida 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.
