Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Verbena is
Common name
A Verbena
Family
Verbenaceae
Where found
Woodland, disturbed sites, roadsides, and along streams. Mostly coast and ranges north from near Picton. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to 2.5 m high. Stems conspicuously 4-angled in cross section, surface mostly hairless, sometimes rough and hairy near the top. Leaves opposite each other, 4–5 cm long, about 1 mm wide, margins sharply toothed or incised, at least above the middle; tips more or less pointed. Flowers bright blue or violet to lilac or purple, tubular, the tube 2.5–3 mm long, with 5 lobes. Calyx 5-toothed. Flowers in branched clusters ending in a mostly short spike. Flowers throughout the year.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Verbena~is
(accessed 11 February, 2021)
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