PLANTS Profile for Verbena officinalis var. officinalis (herb of the cross)

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PLANTS Profile

Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis
herb of the cross

Symbol:

VEOFO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Verbenaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis

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Distribution:
Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis


View Native Status

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USA (AL, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WA, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis

View 32 genera in Verbenaceae, 45 species in Verbena, 2 varieties in Verbena officinalis L.

Classification:
Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Verbenaceae – Verbena family
Genus	Verbena L. – vervain
Species	Verbena officinalis L. – herb of the cross
Variety	Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis – herb of the cross

Introduced Information:
Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis

Verbena officinalis:

Nat. Ind.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531138.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 04:11 AM CDT