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Texas Verbena

Verbena halei

Verbenaceae (Verbena Family)

Slender Verbena, Texas Verbena, Slender Vervain

Photo Credit: Suter, Jim, https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=60584
Photo Credit: Suter, Jim, https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=60584
Courtesy: Loughmiller, Campbell and Lynn, https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=15360
Courtesy: Loughmiller, Campbell and Lynn, https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=15360

Plant Ecoregion Distribution Map

Native Habitat: Grassland
Central Great Plains, Chihuahuan Deserts, Cross Timbers, East Central Texas Plains, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, Southern Texas Plains, Texas Blackland Prairies, Western Gulf Coastal Plain

Maintenance

Texas Verbena is drought-tolerant and ideal for a xeriscape garden.

Comments

The plant has square-shaped stems which are erect, rough, and hairy. Delicate lavender trumpet-shaped flowers adorn the slender erect spikes. Nectar: Dogface, Spicebush Swallowtail.

Growth Form

Herbaceous

Height

1 to
3 ft

Spread

1 to
2 ft

Soil Type(s)

Sand, Loam, Clay, Dry

Light Requirement

Sun

Water Requirement

Low

Leaf Retention

Deciduous

Lifespan

Perennial

Bloom Color

Blue, Purple

Bloom Season

Spring, Summer

Seasonal Interest

Nectar

Wildlife Benefit

Butterflies, Nectar Insects

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Previous Scientific Name(s): Synonym(s): Verbena officinalis ssp. halei

References

1) Griffith, Bryce, Omernick & Rodgers (2007). Ecoregions of Texas. 2) Miller, George O., Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas 2nd Ed., 2013, pg 53. 3) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VEHA. 4) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=23876&locationType=County&mapType=Normal, 5) https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=32100#null

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