Verbena canescens
Family: Verbenaceae
Plant Description: Grayish perennial, 60-150 cm high, with elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic leaves 4-10 cm long, opposite, with toothed or lobed margins, hairy. Flowers in slender spikes, the corolla 4-6 mm wide, violet-purple to light violet.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Frequent on caliche or dry sand from Mathis-Orange Grove and Alice and Riviera.
Bloom Period: March-November
Plant Use:
Key to the seven Verbena species is found in Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend by Roy L. Leyman, Ruth O’Brien and Tammy White.
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