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Genus: Verbena Life
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plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales> Family: Verbenaceae
About 200 species, native mainly to tropical and temperate
America although there are also 2-3 species native to the Old World. Six species
have been introduced to southern Africa and in summer rainfall areas have become
common weeds along roadsides and in open spaces.
Verbena aristega (Fine-leaved
Verbena, Moss Verbena)
[= Verbena tenuisecta]
Fynblaar-verbena [Afrikaans] Perennial herb originating from South America. A
naturalised garden escape in southern Africa, found on disturbed ground
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Verbena
bonariensis (Tall Verbena,
Purple Top)
Blouwaterbossie [Afrikaans] Annual herb originating from South America. Grows up
to 1.6 m tall and found on floodplains, in grassland and in disturbed
areas. |
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Verbena brasiliensis
Annual herb originating from South America. |
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Herbivores in southern Africa
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