Blue vervain Verbena hastata Wetland Indicator Status: FACW+ … · Verbena. while in flower, owing...
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Blue vervain Verbena hastata Minnesota C-Value: 6 Wetland Indicator Status: FACW+ Leaves: Opposite, lanceolate, coarse toothed, up to 7 in. long. Stems: 4 sided, branched, rough and hairy, often purple-tinged, up to 5 ft tall. Flowers and fruit: 6-7 mm long purple- blue flowers at the end of long terminal spikelets, many spikelets per head, branching. Plant communities: Wet meadows, wet prairies, depressions, shorelines. Comments: Native perennial. Easy to distinguish from other Verbena while in flower, owing to the multiple, branching flower spikes per plant. White vervain, Verbena urticifolia (FAC+) has a green hairy stem and leaves abruptly narrowed at the base. Native 2008
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Blue vervainVerbena hastata
Minnesota C-Value: 6Wetland Indicator Status: FACW+
Leaves: Opposite, lanceolate, coarse toothed, up to 7 in. long.
Stems: 4 sided, branched, rough and hairy, often purple-tinged, up to 5 ft tall.
Flowers and fruit: 6-7 mm long purple-blue flowers at the end of long terminal spikelets, many spikelets per head, branching.
Plant communities: Wet meadows, wet prairies, depressions, shorelines.
Comments: Native perennial. Easy to distinguish from other Verbena while in flower, owing to the multiple, branching flower spikes per plant. White vervain, Verbena urticifolia (FAC+) has a green hairy stem and leaves abruptly narrowed at the base.
Native
2008
