Verbenaceae
Tuberous vervain
Verbena rigida
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Verbena
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- رعي الحمام المخطط
- Armenian
- Աղավնիճ կնճռոտ
- Chinese
- 刚硬美女樱, 刚硬马鞭草
- Czech
- Sporýš tuhý
- English
- Tuberous vervain
- German
- Steifes Eisenkraut
- Japanese
- シュッコンバーベナ
- Swedish
- Violverbena
- Welsh
- Y ferfain fain
Synonyms
- Verbena bonariensis f. venosa (Gillies & Hook.) Voss
- Verbena bonariensis var. rigida (Spreng.) Kuntze
- Verbena bonariensis var. venosa (Gillies & Hook.) Chodat
- Verbena doniana Steud.
- Verbena rigida f. alba (Trivetts) Moldenke
- Verbena rigida f. lilacina (Benary & Bodger ex W.Harrow) Moldenke
- Verbena rigida f. obovata Hayek
- Verbena rigida f. paraguayensis Moldenke
- Verbena rigida var. alba Moldenke
- Verbena rigida var. glandulifera Moldenke
- Verbena rigida var. obovata (Hayek) Moldenke
- Verbena rigida var. reineckii (Briq.) Moldenke
- Verbena rigida var. rigida
- Verbena rugosa D.Don
- Verbena scaberrima Cham.
- Verbena venosa Gillies & Hook.
- Verbena venosa var. alba Trivetts
- Verbena venosa var. alba Trivetts
- Verbena venosa var. lilacina Benary & Bodger ex W.Harrow
- Verbena venosa var. reineckii Briq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Julie Smythe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: poonam malhotra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jack Klaassen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: wdarlingweb, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jessica Tailby, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, 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.