Common Name: VERVAIN FAMILY Habit: Annual to shrub [tree], generally hairy. Leaf: cauline, opposite, generally toothed; stipules 0. Inflorescence: raceme, spike, or head, generally elongated in fruit; bract generally 1 per flower. Flower: bisexual; calyx generally 4--5-toothed; corolla 4--5-lobed, radial to bilateral, salverform to 2-lipped; stamens 4--5 (if 4, generally in unequal pairs), epipetalous; ovary superior, 2- or 4-lobed, generally 2- chambered, style 1, often with 2 unequal lobes, only 1 stigmatic, lateral. Fruit: 2 or 4 nutlets, drupe-like, or capsule. Genera In Family: +- 31 genera, +- 920 species: especially American tropics. Some cultivated (Lantana, Verbena, Vitex); some weedy worldwide (Lantana); some used for wood (Tectona, teak). Avicennia included in Acanthaceae. eFlora Treatment Author: Dieter H. Wilken Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: VERVAIN Habit: Annual to perennial herb [shrub]. Stem: often 4-angled; hairs generally short, stiff. Leaf: reduced distally on stem; blade entire to pinnately lobed. Inflorescence: spike, often in panicle-like clusters, generally terminal, generally elongated in fruit. Flower: calyx 5-ribbed, 5-toothed, hairs generally strigose or appressed; corolla 4--5-lobed, generally +- radial, sometimes bilateral and 2-lipped; stamens 4; ovary 4-chambered, ovules 4, style 1, lobes 2, 1 tooth-like, 1 with +- spheric stigma. Fruit: nutlets 4, generally oblong. Etymology: (Latin: ancient name) Note:Verbena gooddingii, Verbena pulchella often placed in Glandularia (sister to Verbena in strictest sense). Reference: Munir 2002 J Adelaide Bot Gard 18:21--103; Yeo 1990 Kew Bull 45:101--120; Yuan & Olmstead 2008 Molec Phylogen Evol 48:23--33
Habit: Perennial herb 35--80 cm. Stem: 1--5+, ascending to erect; hairs short, spreading. Leaf: 4--10 cm, +- ovate, coarsely toothed, deeply 1--2-lobed near base, soft-hairy to scabrous; petiole < 2 cm, occasionally narrowly winged. Inflorescence: spikes 1--3 per stem, in fruit 7--25 cm, generally open proximally (fruits not overlapping); flower bract 3--4.5 mm. Flower: calyx 2.5--4 mm; corolla 2.5--5 mm, blue to purple. Fruit: 1--2 mm. Note: Varieties need study.
Citation for this treatment: Dieter H. Wilken 2012, Verbena lasiostachys var. lasiostachys, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=74067, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 16, 2024.
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