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Verbena bonariensis L.
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Verbena bonariensis L.
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Verbena bonariensis
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Verbena bonariensis L.
Perennial; stems hairy or scabrid, erect, ± square, to c. 3 m tall. Lvs sessile, 3-17 × 1-6 cm, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, coarsely and irregularly toothed, strigose with bulbous-based hairs denser above than below; veins strongly impressed above; base usually amplexicaul, sometimes subcordate or cordate; apex acute. Infl. much-branched, densely hairy, composed of spikes; spikes closely packed, 0.8-3 cm long at maximum flowering, not elongating much at fruiting, rather stout; fls dense. Bracts ± = or slightly > calyx, lanceolate, hairy, keeled. Calyx c. 3 mm long, hairy, purple, ± glandular-scaly; teeth acuminate or acute, similar to bracts. Corolla tube nearly 2× length of calyx, hairy outside; limb 2-3 mm diam., mauve or purplish, often drying deep blue. Nutlets 1-1.5 mm long, oblong, brown on dorsal surface, longitudinally ribbed, white-papillate on flattened ventral surface.
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Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata Briq.
Verbena bonariensis L.
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1 January 2000
14 October 2025