Verbena tenera explained

Verbena tenera, commonly known as South American mock vervain, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family.[1] It is native to Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, and it is present elsewhere as an introduced species and roadside weed.[2] [3] It is an annual or perennial herb producing one or more stems growing decumbent to erect in form and hairy to hairless in texture. The rough-haired leaves are divided deeply into lobes. The inflorescence is a dense, headlike spike of many flowers up to 1.5 centimeters wide.[4] Each flower corolla is up to 1.4 centimeters wide and white to purple in color.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Verbena tenera Spreng. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2024-05-23 . Plants of the World Online . en.
  2. Web site: 26 May 2014. Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed). 2014. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist..
  3. http://www.itis.gov ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  4. http://www.dyntaxa.se/taxon/info/221656?changeRoot=True Dyntaxa Glandularia pulchella

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