Verbenaceae
Bigbract verbena
Verbena bracteata
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Verbena
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 长苞马鞭草
- English
- Bigbract verbena, Bracted verbena, Common vervain
- Japanese
- ミナトクマツヅラ
- Swedish
- Spärrverbena
Synonyms
- Verbena bracteata f. albiflora (Cockerell) Moldenke
- Verbena bracteata f. brevibracteata (A.Gray) Moldenke
- Verbena bracteata f. imbricata (Wooton & Standl.) Moldenke
- Verbena bracteosa Michx.
- Verbena bracteosa var. albiflora Cockerell
- Verbena bracteosa var. brevibracteata A.Gray
- Verbena brevibracteata (A.Gray) Eggert
- Verbena canescens Chapm.
- Verbena confinis Greene
- Verbena imbricata Wooton & Standl.
- Verbena prostrata Savi
- Verbena repens Spreng. ex Steud.
- Verbena rudis Greene
- Verbena squarrosa Roth
- Verbena subuligera Greene
- Zappania bracteosa (Michx.) Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.