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Verbena simplex
Also called Narrow Leaved Vervain, Narrow Leaf Vervain, Simple Vervain
Verbena simplex is a species of flowering plant in the vervain family, Verbenaceae. It is commonly known as narrowleaf vervain, and is a perennial herbaceous plant. It is native to central and eastern North America where it is found in open, dry, habitats on calcareous soil. It produces lavender flowers in the summer.
V. simplex is native in the United States from Nebraska to the west, Texas and Florida to the south, Massachusetts to the east and the Canadian border to the north. In Canada, it is native in Ontario and Quebec. It is tolerant of disturbance, and is often seen in pastures and roadsides with sparse vegetation.
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 simplex 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.
