Vervain
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Additional Comments: Vervain was one of the sacred herbs of the Druids and was called hiera botane, or sacred plant, by the Romans. Gerard warns against using it for 'witchcraft and sorceries'.
Verbena hastata (Verbenaceae) -- This plant has several medicinal uses, and is still listed in modern herbals. Vervain blooms in late summer. (Photographed in PA) ...
Vervain
Vervain information
Vervain - Verbena officinalis (in the Verbenaceae or Verbena family) ...
Hoary Vervain
Whimsical purple flowers top lush green foliage throughout the summer. Found in dry praries and meadows from southern New England to Colorado, south to Florida.
Height
2-3 Feet ...
Bracted Vervain
Verbena bracteata Lag. & Rodr.
Family: Verbenaceae, Vervain
Genus: Verbena ...
Creeping Vervain (Zapania) - Z. nodiflora is a pretty, spreading trailer, with prostrate stems 2 or 3 feet in length, which late in summer bear small round heads of little purplish flowers.
Purpletop Vervain
Scientific Name: Verbena bonariensis Linn.
Synonym: Verbena patagonica
Family: Verbenaceae ...
Narrow-leaf vervain is believed to be extinct in Connecticut, though it is more common farther west. The photograph shows a cultivated plant.
ver-BEE-nah Common Name: Vervain
Much of this varied genus originates in the Americas, in both open, sunny sites and open woodland. These plants have square stems and bear small flowers in a wide variety of arrangements.
Verbenaceae / Verbena Narrowleaf Vervain (Verbena simplex)
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant which can reach 50cm in height (20inches).
Leaves: The leaf arrangement is opposite.
Common Name: Hoary Vervain
Latin Name: Verbena stricta
Habitat: Anywhere with dry, sandy soils
Blooms: Early Summer ...
Nettleleaf velvetberry, Nettleleaf vervain
Stachytarpheta urticifolia (syn. S. cayennensis)
Non-Native in Florida ...
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata): This tall native species resembles V. bonariensis, but is much more tolerant of cold and moist soil, and the flowers are more blue-violet in color.
Blue Vervain
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Note: Seed mixes cannot be delivered to customers in Australia, Canada, and the USA. From all linked species above pure seed is available. You may want to order single seed packages instead.
White Vervain, Nettle-leaf Vervain, Vervain,White
Species:
Verbena urticifolia ...
bastard vervain, blue porter weed, blue porterweed, blue snake weed, blue snakeweed, Brazil tea, Brazilian tea, Jamaica snakeweed, Jamaica vervain, light blue snakeweed, porterweed, snake weed, snakeweed
Family
Verbenaceae ...
The name vervaine goes back to a Latin noun verbena leafy branch. About the species name, citriodorus , see lemon myrtle.
Family: Vervain (Verbenaceae)
Flowering: May-October
Field Marks: This vervain is recognized by its numerous, short spikes with small purple flowers and its sharply 4-angled stems.
FIG. 12. - Spike of Vervain (Verbena officinalis), showing sessile flowers on a common rachis. The flowers at the lower part of the spike have passed into fruit, those towards the middle are in full bloom, and those at the top are only in bud.
Rose Mock Vervain [English]: Glandularia canadensis
Rose Monkswort [English]: Nonea rosea
Rose Moon Torenia [English]: Torenia fournieri 'Rose Moon'
Rose Moss [English]: Portulaca grandiflora ...
Jamaica vervain; oi; owi Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
jaman; Java-plum Syzygium cumini
jambos; Malabar plum Syzygium jambos
Japanese Angelica Aralia elata
Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii
Japanese bristlegrass Setaria faberi ...
Vervain (Verbena species)
Vervain (Verbena officinalis)
Violet (Viola species)
Virburnum, arrowwood (Viburnum species)
Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica)
Virginia creeper, American ivy, Boston ivy (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) ...
Vervain (Verbena rigida 'Polaris')
Vervain (Verbena goodingii)
Viburnum 'Chippewa'
Viburnum 'Conoy'
Viburnum acerifolium
Viburnum Burkwood (Viburnum x burkwoodii)
Viburnum davidii
Viburnum dilatatum
Viburnum odoratissimum
Viburnum opulus 'Roseum' ...
In Drayton's Nymphidia are the lines: 'Therewith her Vervain and her Dill, That hindereth Witches of their Will.' Culpepper tells us that: 'Mercury has the dominion of this plant, and therefore to be sure it strengthens the brain....
Gunflints boiled in a mixture of rue and vervain were said improve the shooter's aim. Artists, including Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, improved their creativity and eyesight by ingesting rue.
However, it will set seed and stop flowering if not deadheaded. It also goes by the common names of Clump Verbena and Rose Verbena, and by substituting Vervain for Verbena in any of the names. Its family is also known as the Vervain Family.
Synonym: Glandularia wrightii. Glandularia bipinnatifida. (Verbena, Davis Mountains Mock Vervain)
Verbenaceae (Vervain Family) ...
Verbena peruviana 'Red Devil' Peruvian vervain
perennial, easy care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 6a thru 10b ...
Category: Shrub
Family: Verbenaceae (Vervains)
Origin: West Indies (North America)
Evergreen: Yes ...
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis. Jamaica vervain. Also known as Blue Flower. Weed.
Statice
Stephanotis. Very wind tolerant, with fragrant flowers.
Various-leaved Fescue, Various-leaved Pondweed, Velvet Bent, Venus's Looking Glass, Vervain, Vine, Violet Helleborine, Viper's Bugloss, Viper's Grass, Viviparous Fescue ...
Sinningia sellovii (Hummingbird Hardy Sinningia)
Solidago sp. (Goldenrod)
Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink)
Stachys coccinea (Betony)
Verbena sp. And cultivars (Vervain)
Vernonia sp. and cultivars (Ironweed)
Yucca sp. And cultivars (Soapwort) ...
 See also: Verbena, Green, Pink, Violet, Orchid
  
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