Verbena neomexicana
(New Mexico Verbena)
Verbena neomexicana, along Hwy 118, Big Bend National Park 6108
Verbena neomexicana, along Hwy 118, Big Bend National Park 6100
Verbena neomexicana, Hot Springs-Rio Grande Village Trail, Big Bend National Park 6039
Verbena neomexicana, Hot Springs-Rio Grande Village Trail, Big Bend National Park 6036
Verbena neomexicana, along Hwy 118, Big Bend National Park 6111
Verbena neomexicana, Hot Springs-Rio Grande Village Trail, Big Bend National Park 6047
Verbena neomexicana, along Hwy 118, Big Bend National Park 6121
| Scientific Name | Verbena neomexicana | USDA PLANTS Symbol | VENE |
| Common Name | Hillside Vervain, New Mexico Verbena | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32109 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Habitat: Desert scrub, dry washes, plains, foothills and canyons, 2000 to 6000 ft. Plant: Slender, erect perennial, 12 to 28 inches tall, single or a few hairy stems branched from base and above. Leaves: Opposite, narrowly ovate in outline and deeply incised-dentate or pinnatifid, 3/4 to 2 inches long, sessile or nearly so, hairy surfaces and somewhat glandular; lower leaves withering early. Inflorescence: Small, violet flowers in 1 to 3 slender elongated spikes per stem; each flower subtended by a small ovate-triangular bract, shorter than the calyx; 5-toothed calyx 1/8 to 3/16-inch long; blue to violet, rarely white, tubular corolla with 5 united flaring petals (salverform) slightly longer than the calyx. Bloom Period April to November. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, SEINet and Southest Arizona Wildflowers and Plants. Note: V. neomexicana is not supposed to exist in the Big Bend area according to the BONAP map on the right; however it appears in the SEINet Big Bend Checklist and on iNaturalist. It is possible that the images here are actually V. perennis or V. canescens; however, there are differences in leaf shape, hairiness, and bracts with these images being more like V. neomexicana in these respects. |
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Texas Status: Native |
Banner photo of Castilleja indivisa and Lupinus ssp. taken along FM 1323 north of Johnson City, Blanco County
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