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Photographer: Corey Raimond
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Family Verbenaceae
Verbena simplex Lehm.
narrow-leaved vervain
Verbena: ancient Latin name of the common European vervain
simplex: simple, undivided, unbranched
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-28" tall forb, slender, with short hairs; stems square |
| Flower: | purple, 5-parted, 1/8"-1/4" wide, tube with a few hairs in the throat and slightly longer than the lobes; inflorescence solitary, slender, dense spikes at the ends of the stems and branches; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | 4 linear, separating nutlets |
| Leaf: | opposite, linear to oblong, toothed, short-stalked to stalkless |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, fields, roadsides |
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