Called “vervain family” in GBIF
The Verbenaceae, the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs, and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell.
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Glandularia bipinnatifida
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(c) Skyler Principe · Michigan, United States · CC BY
Verbena hastata
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(c) Patrícia Mees · Santa Catarina, Brazil · CC BY
Also here, with one plant each: Citharexylum (Citharexylum myrianthum), Glandularia (Dakota mock vervain), Lippia (Lippia alba).
Blue vervain's purple flower spikes feed native bees and butterflies, and it grows happily in dam...
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Blue vervain's purple flower spikes feed native bees and butterflies, and it grows happily in damp, sunny spots where many...
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Tracking where native wildflowers like Dakota mock vervain are actually growing helps gardeners, conservationists, and city...