PLANTS Profile for Verbena brasiliensis (Brazilian vervain)

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PLANTS Profile

Verbena brasiliensis Vell.
Brazilian vervain

Symbol:

VEBR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Verbenaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Verbena brasiliensis Vell.

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Distribution:
Verbena brasiliensis Vell.


View Native Status

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USA (AL, AR, CA, FL, GA, HI, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Verbena brasiliensis Vell.

View 32 genera in Verbenaceae, 45 species in Verbena

Classification:
Verbena brasiliensis Vell.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Verbenaceae – Verbena family
Genus	Verbena L. – vervain
Species	Verbena brasiliensis Vell. – Brazilian vervain

Introduced Information:
Verbena brasiliensis Vell.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Verbena brasiliensis Vell.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW

UPL*

FAC-

NA*

FACW*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Verbena brasiliensis Vell.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Verbena brasiliensis Vell.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32086.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 02:17 PM MDT