Verbena canescens
(Gray Vervain)
Verbena canescens, Lake Colorado City State Park, Mitchell Co. 3316
Verbena canescens, Lake Colorado City State Park, Mitchell Co. 3326
Verbena canescens, Pace Bend Park, Travis Co. 1439
Verbena canescens, Pace Bend Park, Travis Co. 2999
Verbena canescens, Pace Bend Park, Travis Co. 3005
Verbena canescens, Pace Bend Park, Travis Co. 1432
Verbena canescens, Wild Basin Preserve, Austin, Travis Co. 2930
Verbena canescens, Wild Basin Preserve, Austin, Travis Co. 2943
| Scientific Name | Verbena canescens | USDA PLANTS Symbol | VECA5 |
| Common Name | Gray Vervain | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32089 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | Wildflower Center Ref. | Click Here |
| Description | Habitat: Dry, rocky, sandy or clay soils on hillsides, ravines, fields and pastures. Plant: Erect to widely spreading hairy perennial with one or a few stems branching from base and above; often clump-forming; 6 to 18 inches tall. Leaves: Opposite, oblong-lanceolate, sessile; margins coarsely dentate or slightly pinnatifid; leaf surfaces hairy, veined beneath. Inflorescence: Small, violet flowers in slender elongated spikes; each flower subtended by a small ovate-triangular bract, may be longer than the calyx; 5-toothed calyx 1/8 to 3/16-inch long; blue to violet tubular corolla about 1/4-inch across with 5 united flaring petals (salverform) with tube slightly longer than the calyx. Bloom Period April to October. References: "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi and "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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