Verbenaceae
Purpletop vervain
Verbena bonariensis
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Verbena
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- رعي الحمام الأمريكي
- Azerbaijani
- Buenos-Ayres minaçiçəyi
- Chinese
- 柳叶马鞭草, 柳葉馬鞭草
- Czech
- Sporýš klasnatý
- Danish
- Kæmpe-Jernurt
- Dutch
- Stijf ijzerhard
- English
- Purpletop vervain, Clustertop vervain, Pretty verbena, Tall verbena
- Finnish
- Jättiverbena
- French
- Verveine de Buenos-Aires
- German
- Patagonisches Eisenkraut, Argentinische Verbene, Argentinisches Eisenkraut, Schleier-Eisenkraut
- Indonesian
- Sekulah bromo
- Japanese
- ヤナギハナガサ
- Lithuanian
- Patagoninė verbena
- Persian
- شاهپسند ارغوانی
- Russian
- Вербена буэнос-айресская
- Slovak
- Železník argentínsky
- Slovenian
- Patagonski sporiš
- Swedish
- Jätteverbena
- Welsh
- Ferfain yr Ariannin
Synonyms
- Verbena bonariensis f. albiflora Moldenke
- Verbena bonariensis f. robustior Chodat
- Verbena bonariensis var. bonariensis
- Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata Briq.
- Verbena bonariensis var. hispida Moldenke
- Verbena bonariensis var. hispida Rendle
- Verbena bonariensis var. longibracteata Kuntze
- Verbena elongata Salisb.
- Verbena inamoena Briq.
- Verbena intercedens Briq.
- Verbena trichotoma Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 1,478 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dave Brown, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: rafa perazzolo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: frank wouters, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Skyler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.