NARROW-LEAF VERBENA
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Verbena simplex Lehm.
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| Konza Prairie, Chase County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 8-24 inches |
| Family: Verbenaceae - Vervain Family |
| Flowering Period: June, July, August |
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| Also Called: | | Narrow-leaved verbena, narrow-leaved vervain. | | Stems: | | Erect or ascending, 1 to several from base, sometimes branched above, sparsely covered with minute hairs. | | Leaves: | | Opposite, narrow, linear to narrowly lanceolate, oblong or spatulate, 1 to 4 inches long, to 3/5 inch wide, nearly glabrous to minutely hairy, wrinkled above, veiny beneath; tips pointed; margins toothed, but often only near tip; tapering to short stalk or nearly sessile. | | Inflorescences: | | Spike, slender, usually solitary, terminal on stem and branches; flowers and fruits typically dense; bracts small, equaling or slightly shorter than calyx. | | Flowers: | | Calyces 5-lobed, to 1/5 inch long, sparsely hairy; lobes tapering to points; corollas pale bluish, lavender, or rarely white, 1/6 to 1/4 inch wide, tube barely longer than calyx; lobes 5; stamens 4, in 2 groups. | | Fruits: | | 4 nutlets, linear, 1/10 inch long, olive to reddish-brown, each 1-seeded. | | Habitat: | | Dry, open waste areas, rocky prairie hillsides, and roadsides. | | Distribution: | | Principally the east 1/3 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | Simplex is Latin for "simple", in reference to the inflorescence. |
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