Common names: white vervain, nettle-leaved vervain, white verbena

Scientific names: Verbena urticifolia

Seasons of significant use: spring, summer

Characteristics: Native, annual or perennial, warm season forb to 8.0 feet. Stems erect, solitary, simple or branched, 4-angled; leaves opposite, simple, coarsely serrate to doubly serrate on margins; inflorescence is a loosely arranged spike, paniculate, sparsely flowered, often very elongate; flowers small, white, bilaterally symmetrical. Flowers June-October.

Plant community type: In uplands and bottomlands. In both open areas and wooded areas receiving moderate-high sunlight penetration.

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