Verbenaceae
Herb of the cross
Verbena officinalis
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Verbena
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Common names
By language (49)
- ab
- Адәыҳәымсаг
- aeb
- طرنجيّة, ترنجيّة
- Arabic
- رعي الحمام الطبي, رجل الحمام, رعى الحمام, نبتة الفيربينا
- Armenian
- Աղավնիճ դեղատու
- arz
- رعى الحمام الطبى
- Asturian
- Verbena
- azb
- مینچیچک
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman minaçiçəyi
- Basque
- Berbena
- Belarusian
- Вербена лекавая
- Bulgarian
- Върбинка
- Catalan
- Berbena
- Chinese
- 馬鞭草, 马鞭草, 兔子草, 土马鞭, 土马鞭;风须草, 粘身蓝被, 蛤蟆裸, 蜻蜓草
- Czech
- Sporýš lékařský
- Danish
- Læge-Jernurt, Lægejernurt
- Dutch
- IJzerhard
- English
- Herb of the cross, Vervain
- Esperanto
- Oficina verbeno, Verbana officinalis
- Estonian
- Harilik raudürt
- Finnish
- Rohtoverbena, Rohtorautayrtti
- French
- Verveine officinale, Verveine sauvage, Herbe aux sorcières, Herbe sacrée, Veine de Vénus
- frr
- Echt Iisenkrüüs
- Galician
- Verxebán
- German
- Echtes Eisenkraut, Eisenkraut, Gewöhnliches Eisenkraut, Katzenblutkraut, Sagenkraut, Taubenkraut, Wunschkraut
- gv
- Vervine
- hsb
- Prawa twjerdźenka
- Hungarian
- Közönséges vasfű
- Japanese
- クマツヅラ, バベンソウ, 熊葛
- Kazakh
- Дәрілік нарқайсар
- Kinyarwanda
- Umugosora
- Korean
- 마편초, 말초리풀
- Latvian
- Ārstniecības verbēna
- Lithuanian
- Vaistinė verbena
- lmo
- Erba de San Giuann
- Luxembourgish
- Eisekraut, Verveine, Werbeen
- Macedonian
- Врбинка, Обична врбинка
- Maltese
- Buqexrem
- os
- Хосгæнæн вербенæ
- Persian
- وربنا آفیسینالیس
- Polish
- Werbena pospolita, Werbena lekarska
- Romanian
- Sporici, Sporiș, Spornic, Verbina comună, Verbină
- Russian
- Вербена лекарственная
- Slovak
- Železník lekársky
- Slovenian
- Navadni sporiš
- Spanish
- Hierba de la verbena, Hierba de Santa Isabel, Verbana, Yerba sagrada
- Swedish
- Järnört
- Ukrainian
- Вербена лікарська
- Uzbek
- Tizimgul
- Welsh
- Y ferfain
Synonyms
- Verbena adulterina Hausskn. ex Nyman
- Verbena officinalis subsp. officinalis
- Vitex adulterina Hausskn.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 1,833 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Konrad Lackerbeck, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.