Minnesota Seasons - hoary vervain


hoary vervain				More photos…
Verbena stricta

Taxonomy	Family:	Verbenaceae (verbena)
	Subfamily:	Verbeneae
	Genus:	Verbena
	Section:	Verbena
	Series:	Candelabrae

Nativity	Native
Status
Habitat	Dry to moderate moisture. Full sun. Prairies, fields, roadsides.
Habitat	Dry to moderate moisture. Full sun. Prairies, fields, roadsides.
Flower Color	Deep blue to purple
Height	8″ to 36″

Identification	The unbranched stem is covered with long, coarse, straight hairs. The leaves have very short stalks or are stalkless, and are covered with whitish hairs. The flowers are ¼″ to ⅜″ wide on long flower spikes that are blunt and rounded at the tip.

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Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Beaver Creek Valley State Park Blue Mounds State Park Bonanza Prairie SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Chippewa Prairie Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Des Moines River Prairie SNA Elm Creek Park Reserve Fort Ridgely State Park Frontenac State Park Gneiss Outcrops SNA Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Unit Lost Valley Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp			Mound Spring Prairie SNA Ordway Prairie Oronoco Prairie SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Pin Oak Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Rock Ridge Prairie SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA Spring Creek Prairie SNA Wild River State Park

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Common Names	hoary verbena hoary vervain tall vervain woolly verbena woolly vervain