PLANTS Profile for Verbena officinalis (herb of the cross)

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PLANTS Profile

Verbena officinalis L.
herb of the cross


Symbol:		VEOF
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Verbenaceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Annual
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 95. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Guidelines.

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Verbena officinalis L.

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Plant Distribution by State:
Verbena officinalis L.

State Distributional Map for Verbena officinalis L.

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Verbena officinalis L. occures in the following states: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia

Related Taxa:
Verbena officinalis L.

View 32 genera in Verbenaceae, 45 species in Verbena or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Verbena officinalis var. officinalis
herb of the cross

Verbena officinalis var. prostrata
prostrate verbena

Classification:
Verbena officinalis L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae –
Order	Lamiales –
Family	Verbenaceae – Verbena family
Genus	Verbena L. – vervain
Species	Verbena officinalis L. – herb of the cross

Introduced Information:
Verbena officinalis L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Verbena officinalis L.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Verbena officinalis L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Food	Cover	Food	Cover	Food	Cover	Food	Cover
Everitt	Low						Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

Other Species Accounts and Images:
Verbena officinalis L.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32110.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/29/2006 09:16 AM MDT