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Your search found 25 taxa in the family Verbenaceae, Vervain family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Brazilian Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbena brasiliensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena brasiliensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena brasiliensis 162-01-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields, clearings
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbena bonariensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena bonariensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena bonariensis 162-01-002 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Purpletop Vervain, Tall Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbena incompta FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Verbena bonariensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena bonariensis 162-01-002? FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, old fields
Common (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
White Vervain, Nettleleaf Verbena, Velvetleaf Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Verbena urticifolia FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena urticifolia FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena urticifolia 162-01-007 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Floodplain forests, mesic and dry upland forests, disturbed habitats
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Vervain, Common Vervain, Simpler's-joy
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Verbena hastata FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena hastata FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena hastata 162-01-008 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Fens, marshes, bogs, meadows, calcareous spring marshes, riverbanks, low fields
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in NC) (waifs in GA & SC)
Native to North Carolina (introduced southward)
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Common Name: Hoary Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbena stricta FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena stricta FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena stricta 162-01-009 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Prairies, glades, barrens, pastures, and roadsides
Waif(s)
Native: central US
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbena simplex FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena simplex FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena simplex 162-01-010 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Glades, prairies, woodlands, forests, rock outcrops, and roadsides, over limestone or mafic rocks
Uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Vervain, Carolina False Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbena carnea FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylodon carneus FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena carnea 162-01-011 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Sandy woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Stiff Verbena, Tuberous Vervain, Veiny Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbena rigida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbena rigida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena rigida 162-01-013 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Prairies, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (rare in GA Mountains) (rare in NC Piedmont)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Rose Vervain, Rose Verbena, Creeping Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Glandularia canadensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Glandularia canadensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena canadensis 162-01-014 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, longleaf pine sandhills, calcareous glades, rocky prairies, other dry sandy or rocky soils
Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Glandularia aristigera FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Glandularia pulchella FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbena tenuisecta 162-01-016 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: South America
Common Name: Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Dry prairies on clay soils
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Marsh Frogfruit, Northern Frogfruit, Lanceleaf Frogfruit
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phyla lanceolata FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phyla lanceolata FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lippia lanceolata 162-02-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Oligohaline tidal marshes, tidal swamps, maritime swamps, dune swales and ponds, other marshes, seasonally exposed shores of rivers, ditches
Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Creeping Frogfruit, Capeweed, Turkey-tangle, Sawtooth Frogfruit
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phyla nodiflora FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Phyla nodiflora FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lippia nodiflora 162-02-002 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Interdune swales, shell middens, sandy soils of roadsides, lawns, ditches, impoundments, disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Chaste-tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vitex agnus-castus FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Vitex agnus-castus var. agnus-castus FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitex agnus-castus 162-03-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Pastures, woodland edges, suburban woodlands
Rare in GA & SC (waifs in NC)
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name:
Beach Vitex, Roundleaf Chaste-tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vitex rotundifolia FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitex rotundifolia FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Coastal dunes, planted for ornament and stabilization and now spreading aggressively as an invasive species
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Non-native: east & southeast Asia & nearby islands
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Common Name:
American Beautyberry, French-mulberry, Beautybush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Callicarpa americana FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callicarpa americana FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Callicarpa americana 162-04-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Hammocks, other forests (especially with sandy or rocky soils), maritime forests (the main habitat northward), pine flatwoods, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in Carolina Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Chinese Beautyberry, Purple Beautyberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Callicarpa dichotoma FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callicarpa dichotoma FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Callicarpa dichotoma 162-04-002 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, powerline rights-of-way, woodland edges, suburban woodlands, bogs, bottomlands
Rare
Non-native: Asia
Common Name: Japanese Beautyberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Callicarpa japonica FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callicarpa japonica FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands
Waif(s)
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Florida Lantana, East Florida Lantana
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lantana depressa var. floridana FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lantana depressa var. floridana FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lantana ovatifolia 162-05-001 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Coastal strands, xeric hammocks, scrubby pine flatwoods, edges of brackish marshes, dunes; the AL, SC, and NC occurrences apparently introduced from FL
Rare
Native to Florida & extreme southeast GA (introduced in AL, NC, & SC)
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Common Name:
Common Lantana, Hedgeflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lantana strigocamara FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Lantana camara FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lantana camara 162-05-002 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially near the coast
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native hybrid: of garden origin
Common Name: Texas Lantana, Hierba De Cristo, West Indies Shrub-verbena
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lantana urticoides FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lantana urticoides FAMILY: Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lantana horrida 162-05-003 FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Disturbed and brackish areas
Rare
Native: Texas & the West Indies
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Common Name:
Trailing Shrub-verbena, Polecat-geranium, Trailing Lantana
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lantana montevidensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lantana montevidensis FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Landscaped areas, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: South America
Common Name:
Clerodendrum, Rose Glorybower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clerodendrum bungei FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Clerodendrum bungei FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Roadsides and suburban woodlands, spread from horticultural use
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
Common Name:
Harlequin Glorybower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clerodendrum trichotomum var. ferrugineum FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Clerodendrum trichotomum var. ferrugineum FAMILY: Verbenaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, streambanks; cultivated and strongly naturalized
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
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