Taxon: Verbena bracteata Lag. & Rodr.

Common names:

• big-bract vervain   (Source: F Florida )
  
• bracted vervain   (Source: BSBI )
  
• carpet vervain   (Source: F Alberta )
  
• creeping vervain   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• prostrate vervain   (Source: F Tex )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (according to habitat fide F Ohio; Glea Cron ed2; F GPlains; Syst Bot 7:454. 1982)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.], Manitoba [s.], Saskatchewan [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora

References:

• Barber, S. C. 1982. Taxonomic studies in the Verbena stricta complex (Verbenaceae). Syst. Bot. 7:454.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US)
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. (F New Mex)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• Moldenke, H. N. 1980. A sixth summary of the Verbenaceae, Avicenniaceae, Stilbaceae, Chloanthaceae, Symphoremaceae, Nyctanthaceae and Eriocaulaceae of the world as to valid taxa, geographic distribution and synonymy. Phytologia Mem. 2:1–629.
• Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer. 1983. Flora of Alberta, ed. 2. (F Alberta)
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio. (F Ohio)
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
• Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. (F WVa)
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich)
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. (F Florida)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Verbena bracteata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Verbena bracteata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Verbena bracteata Lag. & Rodr.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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