Key to Verbenaceae

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Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Annual to 

perennial 

Completing life cycle (germination through death) in more than two years or growing seasons, generally non-woody (at least above ground) to woody; includes perennial herbs as well as subshrubs to trees; the abbreviation 'per' only refers to perennial herb, not to the word 'perennial' alone.

 herb

2. Calyx 2–4-toothed, ± 

compressed 

Flattened side-to-side or front-to-back.

; corolla ± 2-lipped; nutlets 2 ..... PHYLA

2' Calyx 5-toothed, 

cylindric 

Elongate, with parallel sides and, at any point, round in transverse section.

; corolla generally ± 

radial 

Divisible into mirror-image halves in three or more ways.

; nutlets 4 ..... VERBENA

1' Shrub

3. Inflorescence longer than wide; corolla 2.5–3.5 mm, white ..... ALOYSIA

3' Inflorescence wider than long; corolla 8–12 mm, yellow to purple ..... [LANTANA]

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