Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Verbena canescens
Verbena canescens Kunth
Gray Vervain
Verbenaceae (Verbena Family)
USDA Symbol: VECA5USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Verbena canescens
Gray Vervain
Verbenaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, Texas 78023.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Roadside fill of stones, gravel and soil. Full sun.
Description: Dense covering of short, spreading hairs. Several erect to reclining stems to 15 cm tall. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate and shallowly incised. Raised veins on underside of leaf. Small lavender flowers in spikes.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Mar 8, 1996
Specimen number: 185
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1064
Accession Date: May 29, 1996
Accession Number: 88
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)